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My goal for this year is to integrate I.C.T more confidently into my classroom programme. I would like to have Maths and Reading games available on the computer for children to use on a rotational basis as part of these curriculum areas. I want the children to have access to the Learning Objects Games. I want to become familiar with the N.Z Maths web site. I want to become confident using Photo Story in my room.

24/4 Hey Liz, How's the year going for you so far? Did VoiceThread work for you and your kids? Have you managed to get kids using the maths and reading games in class (if that pod is behaving itself :-) It would be great if you added an update here.

Term 1: We had a focus on Voicethread. We created a voicethread on Petone Foreshore, but simplified it for the Juniors to looking at what clothing, games and classrooms were like in Petone 100 years ago. The children loved using Voicethread as a way of presentung data. This has also been an opportunity for the parents to see and hear their children.

Term 2: We used Voicethread again to present data on our topic, The Human Body. The second attempt went better than our first attempt. The children were again very enthusiastic and the finished product was great. This is a tool I want to use again. We began our class blogs this term. This has been a real challenge. I have needed quite a bit of help on this. We have now been buddied up with more confident teachers to help those less confident. I have downloaded many Reading And Maths games onto the blog for the children to play. By giving them the website, they are able to do this at home as well as in class. I have downloaded related Topic sites as well. Children work on the class blog on a rotational basis during the week on the classroom computer. Once a week we have the pod where each child has more time.

Term 3: We are continuing to use the blog. I am encouraging the children to use the Writing page. I want to add photos. I would like to try another Voicethread before the end of the term.

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