Christmas Shockwave Files November 11, 2008
Posted by Al Upton in Christmas, miniLegends.Tags: fun
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We did an advanced Google search with 5 things
“Christmas”
choose 100 results
language: English
File type: … only …. shockwave flash (.swf)
safe search: on
http://tinyurl.com/yrqm54 this is the first page of our search … we found
Results 1 – 100 of about 103,000 English pages for christmas filetype:swf with Safesearch on.
REMEMBER: Stay safe and savvy .. if something is still inappropriate .. exit the page, minimise it or Alt + Tab to show an adult
http://badaboo.free.fr/merryxmas.swf Santa and friends singing ‘White Christmas’
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/advent%20calendar%2005/Advent%20calendar%202005.swf How people celebrate Christmas around the world
http://www.theoworlds.com/christmas/christmas.swf Decorate your own cookie 
http://www.seussville.com/grinch/coloring.swf Basic colouring in
http://ecard.ashland.edu/2004admission/card1.swf gentle interactive Christmas scene
http://holidays.blastcomm.com/holidays06_blast.swf Help Santa decorate the tree
http://www.brandonfamily.org/boyz/xtremesanta.swf Santa does tricks
http://www.gfes.tpc.edu.tw/board/abc-song/merrychristmas.swf We wish you a merry Christmas – an animated puppet show with sing-along words 
http://creative.dialmediagroup.com/rts/reindeer-p&o-cd.swf Some say this jumping deer is nearly impossible ????
http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/snowglobe/globe.swf A Christmas snowdome with a difference
Video Planning Of Our Novels March 4, 2008
Posted by Al Upton in miniLegends.Tags: fun, learning, literacy, Novels, video
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Today we made videos of our plans for the novels we are going to write very soon.
We want to upload the videos (perhaps on our class blog) and link to them from our individual blogs. Thanks to Murcha for reminding me of TeacherTube .. that’s not filtered here in South Australia.
We had to talk about our plans (these can be changed later)
The Title.
Audience.
Setting … Who, Where, When
A Complication or Problem
Events in Order .. Firstly, Next, Then, After That, Finally …
Ending/Resolution.
It was our normal Tuesday Literacy time. It was great, Mrs Thomas and Gerrie were in the room helping us.
Here is Taylah’s first video take. It’s an experiment … ‘Link to: Page’ takes less space and works well
Taylah’s Novel – complete draft
Alex’s Novel – links to TeacherTube [Ctrl+K]
Another quick test …
from Chris Betcher in Sydney http://cubo.cc/
Minis is this what you meant when we talked about avatars of the near future? 
(test is because it might be filtered in South Australia)
In Chris’ latest post he quotes an eSchool News article ” … educators in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark all cited autonomy, project-based learning, and nationwide broadband internet access as keys to their success.”
Katriana – Our Intergalactic Mentor March 3, 2008
Posted by Al Upton in miniLegends.Tags: blog, blogging, elearning, fun, learning, mini projects, miniLegends, student directed, student initiated, voki
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We were visited by Katriana today. She seems nice.
Today we made this Voki together.
If my Voki has been removed by your feedreader, you can check it out here.
For more on embedding vokis, check out Sue Water’s post in The Edublogger …
Adding A Voki Speaking Avatar To A Post or Page of Your Blog
Mini Project Checklist – My Meerkat Voki March 2, 2008
Posted by Al Upton in miniLegends.Tags: blog, blogging, elearning, fun, learning, mini projects, miniLegends, student directed, student initiated, voki
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55 second checklist for our student initiated mini projects.
Please check our previous post -
Student Directed Learning – Family, Mentors and Buddies
Right click our mini’s blogs page above to open in a new tab or window.
If my Voki has been removed by your feedreader, you can check it out here.
For more on embedding vokis, check out Sue Water’s post in The Edublogger …
Adding A Voki Speaking Avatar To A Post or Page of Your Blog
Student Directed Learning – Family, Mentors and Buddies February 24, 2008
Posted by Al Upton in miniLegends.Tags: blog, blogging, elearning, fun, learning, mini projects, miniLegends, student directed, student initiated
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Hi this is a task I would like you to consider.
‘Consider’??? What do I mean? You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to!?
No. I would like you to consider how this task can best help your learning – make it fun and interesting.
Firstly. I would like you to click the http://alupton.edublogs.org/springboards/ page above and choose some of the questions to answer.
They are above the dotted line ——————–
[NB as a class we negotiated these questions and felt we had covered them well enough and to concentrate our learning on our mini projects and posts.]
Then. I would like you to explore some of the springboards to choose a topic you could do a ‘mini project’ on. Give yourself a challenge. Choose something you don’t know much about but would like to know more. If you always do ‘dinosaurs’ or ‘ponies’ please avoid them here! In the comments of http://alupton.edublogs.org/springboards/ type in what you would like to research and what springboard you used to find it.
Next write a post about your topic on your own blog. You will have a few lessons to do this and use a few posts if you want.
- introduce your topic (consider your title carefully)
- share what you have found so far
- copy and paste any links you have used for information and pictures
(right-mouse-click ‘copy link location) - write what more you might want to find out about your topic
- ask your mentors, buddies and family if they would like to join in, share and help you with your topic.
- add and present the information you find with pride. Do this using your own words – don’t just copy other people’s. Remember if someone helps you or if you find something somewhere else, then you need to say that. Pictures need to come from sites that allow you to use them for free – be very careful of this.
Finally remember to ‘read and respond’ to the comments that you have received on your blog. Use your internet manners and keep ’safe and savvy’.
UPDATE: your learning does not have to be all online/internet/blogging etc … this is just a starting point, a springboard to how you would like to learn about your chosen topic and present it. Please don’t forget to involve your folks.
Al Wall Mimes February 9, 2008
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