Term 4 - Has kicked in already

Well I have begun term 4 with a bang.  I have tried a number of things from the Ulearn08 conference already in the classroom.  I used wordle.net today.  The kids thought it was fantastic.  We are doing the topi of leadership and I set them the task of finishing the sentence A leader is..... and the group had to come up with a top 10 things that a leader needs.  I transferred all of their ideas into wordle.net.  Try it, it's awesome!!! The actual is below.  

Dinner last night

Well we went out to dinner last night.  It was a Greek restaurant and the meals were huge.  Honestly I think the lamb was about half a sheep.  LOL.  

Taking responsible risks

A couple of Breakouts finished

Hey I have just finished a couple of breakouts - The best I think for me was meeting a lady called Karen Boyes.  The breakout was called Developing creativity in the classroom.  It was an awesome session.  Lots of great ideas with a really enthuastic presenter.  What is really interesting is that she didn't refer to ICT very much it was more about what a creative person does and what a teacher can do about developing creativity in other people.  

Lunch was great and Christchurch is looking very sunny at the moment.

Here is the main Key note space in the town hall in Christchurch

Ulearn08

I am currently sitting in Christchurch at a conference called Ulearn08.  It is a conference about Information Communication Technology and the three key ideas this year at the conference are COLLABORATE, INNOVATE and EDUCATE.  This conference is for 3 days. Should be interesting will post later to tell you more.

I think I might start using my blog

I haven't used this blog for pretty much a whole year and I am wondering why?  I think it has to do with time, where to do you find time as a teacher to do other things that don't involve teaching?  Well I am going to make an effort to write in my blog more often.  I have even bookmarked it.