Welcome to my Blog for 2014. My name is Michelle George and I am the Team Leader and New Entrant teacher at Pt England School. This year, as part of the MDTA (Manaiakalani Digital Teacher Academy) and MIT (Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher) study, my New Entrant class will be piloting a programme using i-pads as 1 to 1 devices. 'Nothing new,' I hear whispers of! However....
Thursday 12 June 2014
Scanning to locate
Throughout the year, the children have been given the responsibility to find their reading activity in 'Explain Everything' (EE). It's an easy search, usually on the first or second page of their EE. They've gone from having to notice what's in their reading book and searching for the appropriate illustration on their EE to having to now having to notice print. Life gets tough as you get higher up the reading levels!! It was interesting today watching the scanning that went on from reader to iPad screen in order to locate their reading activity!
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Miss George
ReplyDeleteI can't say enough positive things about the fact that you are sharing your inquiry and journey online. We were lucky enough to travel to your school earlier this term and see yourself and your school in operation. So inspring! We've been using Explain Everything too, but great to see yourself showing your inquiry and your teacher investigation.
Mr Webb and Room One, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki,
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