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Entries from February 2007

World Book Day- take two.

February 24th, 2007 · No Comments

I thought the January-March term was the quieter one. You know, the time when you catch up on all your work, get stuck into that big topic, clear your assessment. Maybe even tidy your desk. Okay, the last one’s unlikely. But still..?! Is it World Book Day already?
This year we’re going to stick to an [...]

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My Comic Life!

February 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Apart from having problems printing out our comic, this has been a great experience.
The P1-3 children spent their period with me last week proof reading the comic for a few ‘added’ errors, and then after storytelling an extension to the book, where the main character is visited by the witch who needs her help, we [...]

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Thanks!

February 13th, 2007 · No Comments

 
Many thanks to Andrew and James for the advice, and for pointing me in the direction of the Akismet widget in Edublogs. It’s already begun to block some of the spam that was turning the experience sour.
No excuse for trying to get the children writing now!
And in the spirit of ICT- if anybody who wrote [...]

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Without thinking!

February 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’ve just realised that I’ve been ‘doing ICT’ without realising it!
Getting the pupils to use the internet for research is now standard practice. Blogging remains easier to talk about than action! And the issue of spam in Edublogs is getting to critical level. Beyond that?
My forays into the P1-4 class has focused on them creating [...]

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