Blogging from Overseas

Recently some of our Auora Primary School students have had some fantastic opportunities in other countries.  One of the great things about the potential for blogging is that the students can contribute or post, even if they are in a different country and continue to share their learning.  Three students from Room One have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to do so recently.

James is currently in Europe, having posted about some amazing adventures along the way.  Dayna recently was able to blog about her time in Fiji.  Will also has published an amazing series of posts about what he's been able to do.  You can see some of his images and his media by clicking on the link here.  He was also able to visit a School and be involved in a Kava Ceremony, you can watch his slideshow here.

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MOA CLUSTER WORkSHOP #1 - Auroa

Auroa School would like to welcome Matapu and Opunake school to our first of 3 workshops this year.  Please find below a copy of the programme and a little information to inform you about the workshops that we will be running.  In each of the two sessions we will be running 3 different workshops that you will be able to attend.  We will also be videoing the workshops to put up on the blog afterwards so if later you wish to see them or you have forgotten something you can go back and revisit it.  It is very important that you fill in the registration form.  Only those email addresses will have permission to view the video's.

4:00 - Welcome and meeting and greet.  Myles and I will also share some stories about our trip to Singapore last week

4:10 - Session 1 begins -  Please refer to the timetable

4:30 - Session 2 begins -  Please refer to the timetable

4:50 - Wind up and questions

Room 8	Room 1	Room 5
Padlet – Online collaboration    Presenters – Alidia Ericsson and Kelly Davidson Be introduced to the power of padlet.  This is an online tool to gather the thoughts and ideas of your class.  You are also able to use the embed code to post on your class blog	Student Blogs – Getting your children connected! Presenter – Myles Webb In this workshop you will get to see some of the sample of what children in Room 1 have been up to this term.  A great place to get some ideas of how to kick off student blogs in your classroom.	YouTube - More than you think Presenter – Heath Chittenden In this workshop you will learn about how to use the different tools in YouTube.  Learn about video editing, slideshows and other tips on how to get the most from this web 2.0 tool.
Arasma, Educreations and more – An approach to Maths     Presenters – Shakira Nicholas and Shelley Berry This workshop is action packed full of information about how to bring your learning intentions to life through these apps.  Looking for a quick embed code to show a maths strategy.  This workshop will provide the answers through educreations	Presentation – How to use this tool to inspire young writers Presenter – Brent Spice Learn about how to create picker path stories for children that are fully interactive.  Brent will also show you how to embed these straight into your blogs so your children can enjoy them at home with their families.  This workshop will open your eyes to new and exciting ways to use presentation	Chrome add ons – Unlocking the power in the chrome Presenter – Heath Chittenden In this workshop you will about a few tricks in Google chrome. Have multiple email accounts and are sick and tired of logging in and out, how do you match that perfect colour from your browser, these questions and more will be answered at this workshop.

MOA Cluster Workshop Registration Form

Auroa Room 2 - Kidsedchat

Today Room 2 participated in Kidsedchatnz for the second time.  For more information, go to kidsedchatnz.blogspot.co.nz  It is highly engaging and Room 2 are very enthusiastic tweeters. This week the topic was:  'The Courage to Continue'.  Today Josh, Joe, Jacob, Ben, Danielle, Te Putu, Haze and Caleb answered the following questions:

Question 1:

What sports are offered at your school?

Question 2:

What makes a great sportsman?

Question 3:

Who is your favourite sporting hero? What attributes of theirs standout?

Question 4:

Why is it important to be involved a sport?

Question 5:

What sport do you need the most skill to play?  Persuade the rest of us (try and start a conversation with another class)!

Question 6:

How have you displayed courage while playing a sport?

Question 7:

If you could take 3 sportsmen out for dinner who would they be?