Here are a few more examples of some Wordles of Character.
They are worth watching through, or reading, slowly.
Poignant and thought provoking. A real development of empathetic writing.
A slightly overworked and stressed doctor, an embarrassed teacher caught in a bit of a pickle, a “cool and trendy” vicar, (or so he likes to think) a farmer experiencing a bit of a flash-back to a slightly uneasy memory, a newspaper boy with an aversion to the colour red, and, for us, the most captivating, a teacher reflects on what sparked her career path.
Remember that these are designed, written and created by 10 and 11 year olds but I think they are of a quality we might expect from a design agency.
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It is always important to discuss the reliability of ANY source of information, and to compare it with other sources. It is also valuable to look in to the way in which information is portrayed and conveyed. Whilst they are from similar origins, Again But Slower could be a good start when looking at two wells of information and how they are communicated. Again But Slower displays Wikipedia and Simple English Wikipedia entries side by side.
A few questions, raised in discussion, included: if he has that power through technology, why not build somewhere FULL of flowers? Maybe that was somewhere special, somewhere that had a significance for him and for her, maybe he builds somewhere different every day. What is the clock counting down to? What is Neuro holographic therapy, and what is it aiming to achieve?
Today we spent a very special day with the pupils and teachers of Great Casterton Primary School and Empingham Primary School . Two small schools that are federated with one head teacher, Clare Rowbotham, and one governing body. The sites are 3 1/2 miles apart, with 72 pupils on role at one site and just 42 at the other.
The day started with the 18 Year 3 and Year 4 pupils, who were joined by nearly as many observing teachers, from the neighbouring schools, and they were up for all the challenges that brings.
After play we were joined by the Year 1’s and 2’s and again, just 21 of them and nearly as many teachers!
Scaring stuff, but the resilience of children never ceases to surprise us. These children took off and flew with their imagination, creativity and inventiveness.
We are making a computer game using hyperlinks and so much more.
The game is based upon images, film and other elements from the school, which is playing the part of the school in the fictional village of Tottleville. I will write up the process over the next few weeks.
Making a computer game is a huge task. The biggest commercial games take, literally, tens of thousands of manhours to complete.
We were using so many technologies today but one stuck out for me.
We started the day with a review of what we had acheived so far, but also, what we are starting to learn from the process of multi-part, creative, challenges.
Today we had the pleasure of working with the teachers and pupils of Oakham C of E Primary School, Rutland, and visiting colleagues from schools in the area. A day of demonstration lessons across the Key Stages, followed by a Twilight Training Session. A thank you to Joan Gibson, Oakham’s headteacher.
Joan excitedly told us about the plans for the their ‘new school’.
The Little Build is the working title of the exciting new project that will build a brand new facility that brings together Oakham Church of England Primary School, The Parks School, the Rutland Rotaract Family Support Centre and the Ark 2 Nursery on one shared site, due to open in September 2011. Read the rest
Following a beautiful weekend spent at Barnsdale Hall on Rutland Water, we continue our visits to the schools of Rutland with a trip today to Brooke Hill Primary School & Nursery and what a delightful day we had. A special thank you to Sharon Milner, headteacher, for inviting us to work with her colleagues, colleagues from neighbouring schools and her pupils, and for coordinating an extremely well organised day, which was not surprising: their motto ‘Making Learning Fun’ having been chosen by the children, indicates how much they enjoy coming to school each day. Read the rest
The first outcome of our “Bringing The Village To Life” project at Whissendine C.E.Primary School was a set of powerful images, which the children created through quite a complex, yet, in reality, acheivably-simple procedure.
It involved them working across a few programs and resources, and having to keep track of a collection of thought processes. They also had to “think on their feet” and work out exactly HOW to succeed in the challenge.
To work alongside a group of children, and their teachers, who are up for challenges and creativity in a big way is a real joy. When those people are under the microscope, an inspection breathing down upon them, and they still buzzz, fly and excel themselves… that is a priviledge!
I cannot tell you how they did in the inspection of course, except to say that, all of this close-knit and supportive community, have the right to be VERY proud of their continued efforts.
Well done, to headteacher, Rob Gooding, and his “TEAM”. Read the rest
Using EasyDefine is very simple. Simply copy and paste a list of words into the text box. Look up multiple words quickly. Simply copy and paste a list with any delimeter. Definitions/synonyms are immediately
If you want to look up a word with 2 or more components such as “computerized axial tomography scanner”,(!! Go look it up !!) simply type in “computerized-axial-tomography-scanner” and EasyDefine can interpret this appropriately.
After that is done, EasyDefine offers the list to you in its entirety for download as a word document, for viewing on the website itself, or for emailing to yourself.
Also don’t forget about the advanced options (located under the text box in the home tab) which give you options such as alphabetizing and numbering your list.
You can specify the maximum number of definitions for each word and whether or not to randomly pick these definitions from the dictionary (for example picking 2 definitions out of a possible 10).
The synonyms tab provide you with synonyms of the word list you gave.
2) it is the first such event, for us, that has been launched by the auspicious element of an Ofsted inspection too!! (The school got “the call” on Monday, and are bravely striding ahead with our partnership, despite “the visit”).
This promises to be an exciting new project. It is always fun to do new, and exploratory ventures. We are excited to be developing some new ways of working. Read the rest
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After play we were joined by the Year 1’s and 2’s and again, just 21 of them and nearly as many teachers!
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