Coding and Blogging Term 3 Session 2

This session we started using a new programme called Tynker. It's slightly more advanced than code.org but it still uses blocks.

Have a look at our DLO's.

Have our quality comments improved?

Coding and Blogging Term 3 session 1

This term started with a reminder of how to leave a quality comment.

Here are our DLO's. 

We also left each other a quality comment as practise. 

Today's morning tasks!

Visit a class members blog and leave a quality comment on their blog. 

Choose 2 posts to comment on. Make sure they are different posts eg Main Stars and Literacy.

You can't visit your friends blogs so choose somebody different!

Show some love to our 2 newest Room 11 bloggers!

Samara

Kaif

Remember they don't yet have blogging buddies so they need comments to help them learn how to leave a quality comment!

Tahlia's Comments

Alvin Lee's 3 comments

Friday blogging challenge

a. Commenting on these local environment blog posts from Australia

b. Commenting on these food blog posts from Sweden

c. Commenting on these food blog posts from Korea

You can complete your 3 comments in any order BUT you must screenshot your 3 comments into 1 new blog post called PEER ASSESSMENT - BLOG COMMENTING. Make sure you copy the 3 comments as you do them.

NEXT WEEK your tuakana/teina will give you feedback on your commenting. 

It's a small world...

Click here!

We have joined a blogging group called it's a small world. We have bloggers from Sweden, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and the USA. And of course us here in NZ.

We will be sharing learning and thoughts with our buddies. Our first post is about daily life in our schools!

What do you think will be the same?

What will be different?

Mrs Panther's visit!

This morning Mrs Panther (Miss Panther's Mum) visited our blog and left a voice message.

Listen here!

Room 17

Room 17 Blog

Check out Room 17's work! The link on the side bar isn't working - but the link above should work!

Well done Miss H and Room 17!

Blogging in Te Reo Maori

Check this out boys!!

Mokoia Intermediate

Quad Blogging Buddies

Introducing our new Blogging Buddies. We will be exploring their blogs and leaving quality comments after our holidays!

Click the links below to check out their blogs.

Mrs. Vilas's Fabulous Fourth Grade Writers - United States

Brydekirk Primary News World - Scotland

Mr. Barlow's Class - United Kingdom

Can you see New Zealand on this map? It's a long way from the UK, Scotland and the USA! 

Use your mouse to move around the map and use the + and - signs to zoom in and out. You can move the map (like spinning a globe) by clicking and holding while you drag the mouse.


View Larger Map

Can you find our blogging buddies??

Voice Message

Click here to hear Eileen's Voice Message about our Blog

Eileen left us a voice message - our first one NOT from our class.

Thanks Eileen! It's nice to know you like our blog!

Mystery Skype??

Today we will take part in our first mystery skype.

Who with? We don't know...

Which country? We don't know...

We have a list of questions to ask our mystery class and a whole lot of jobs to do to make sure we solve the mystery.

Mystery Skype Jobs

1.     Inquirers - Ask closed, geography based questions to the other class

Ella F, Preethi, Byron

2.     Question Keepers - Type already asked questions and answers into a google doc

Ella RW, Nina, Catherine, (Laptops)

3.     Google Mappers - Use Google maps/other maps to zero in on location based upon the clues

Zachary, Libby, Sophia (Computers)

4.     Twitter – Tweet the information to the world. Maybe someone can help us?

Sophie (Laptop)

5.     Mappers - Use atlases to zero in on location based upon the clues

Darian, Tahlia, Zane

6.     Runner - Problem solver for other students/Take relevant information from group to group

Alvin Lee, Samantha, Zoe

7.     Logical Reasoners - Use world map to remove possible countries/states. They help narrow down the choices

Mitchell, Malachi, Auryn

8.     Clue Keepers - Use a poster to keep track of the information to share

Anaru, Abby, Brayden

9.     Photographers - Take pictures of the event

Saxon, (cameras) Riley (ipad)

10.  Blogger – Write a post about the experience to be posted on our class blog

Joseph (Computer)

Check out all the classes from our school with blogs!

Look at Our School Blogs list to the right...

Click on them and give them some feedback!!

(Just remember some are very new and haven't posted yet - Keep watching for when they do!)