Nova Responses July 23, 2007
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We need to add our comments and pictures this week about the Novas.
Nova Organisation March 14, 2007
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To begin with we decided how we could make it fair with five NOVAs and our 6 groups of 5 students. Once again the class has come up with brilliant ideas and a great solution.
Wonderful group ideas were discussed at great length. They included … all 5 NOVAs at one table for the day … the days of the week follow around the colour groups (at tables or on the board) and one person from purple join in for each day … all five NOVAs go to the colour group on the board (it would be easier with 25 kids to make this work) Great ideas but I think we have decided on the fairest solution.
Follow the magnet names on our whiteboard. This won and when we next use the NOVAs it will be Alex, Sarah, Myxuan, Jack and Jessica K. This way if the NOVAs aren’t used at a certain time or day when it is your turn you don’t miss out. It is just the next lot of five names each time the NOVAs are used. Good thinking.
The Surprise March 13, 2007
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It could be … just a big box, decorations, sports stuff we ordered, a computer. books and stationary, maths equipment
Now it could be … 5 little boxes, reading papers/magazines, sleepover stuff, computer games, robo puppies, keyboards, minilaptops, mobile phones
MiniLegend question … Does everyone know what it is now?
miniLegend question … What are we going to do with it?
It must be a field mouse 
Al’s question … We have 5 of these for a ten week trial. (really!)
What would you like them to do?
miniLegends first questions and comments … WOW! and THANKS!
It’s so cute, we could use them for our maths, literacy, all our learning, we can make our computer games on them, maybe for tests, there’s an on/off button – no it could be an aerial, is there no need for wires and cables (wireless), listen to Nova radio, blog other schools, does it have a touchscreen, it has lots of holes for different things – microphones … we could type up procedures on it, can we connect to our intranet, the internet, google, email, Word, Powerpoint (MS Office?), where will we keep them safe, where will we use them (classroom, room 18, with our buddies/other classes, library, outside in the school yard, on excursions), do they come in different colours???
