Finally we have finished the outlines of our digital portfolios and this week the Year 7’s are going to embark on an exciting venture with Kahootz.
Students will be asked to create an expression that demonstrates and illustrates who they are. It will be an opportunity to show ideas and images about themselves.
What makes me ME?
Year 7 Term Two 2006-for Digital Portfolio
Creating Your Kahootz Expression
- You must have at least two scenes that will are linked in the one expression.
- You must have sound and/or narration
- You must insert at least one image that is not a Kahootz Object
- You must use animation and keypointing in at least one scene.
- Your expression must show aspects of your life and interests and illustrate what makes you YOU !
Mrs Baird is also creating a Kahootz expression along with the students so that we can all learn together.
With lots of students now getting mobile phones, texting and using email , one of the things that teachers have noticed is that people are using a shortened way to write to each other.
Do you think that this matters. Go to this article and read it. http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/story/qc-text20050321.html
Then comment on your blog about whether you think that this is becoming a problem in schools where you are still expected to write with correct English spelling and grammar. 
You may write your comments in abbreviations as long as we can understand your message.
Yr 8 students have been using Dreamweaver to build their digital portfolio. Students have had to overcome a few differnet problems with Dreamweaver to build their portfolio. This has allowed them to learn alot about the application.
In your blog you need to answer the following questions
- What do you like about Dreamweaver? Why?
- What do you dislike about Dreamweaver? Why?
- What is one aspect you wish you could do in Dreamweaver?
- What is one major aspect you have learnt in Dreamweaver?
Today in Year 7 class-MOnday 31st July, you are going to start thinking about what you know about yourself and the way you learn.
Go to this site http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html read the information and then do the learning style test.
what do you find out about yourself?
Can you create a page in your portfolio which demonstrates how you learn?
You can use images, words, shapes and animation to show how you think you learn best.
this will go into the Thinking and Learning section- How I think…
Good Luck
Next week we are going to learn how to post an image of our first portfolio page.
Year 7’s are working on their digital portfolios today and have a deadline in two weeks to have the outline of their portfolio completed. Teachers at school know about the blogs and they are starting to plan what will be added to the portfolio by their students.
This year we focussed on making sure that all the structure and navigations worked clearly before students got into the bells and whistles of the Portfolio. This has worked very well and has meant that the portfolios function very well.
Miss Hodges and I are very impressed with the way some of the portfolios are looking. The designs and navigations look really cool.
- Once you have watched the DVD you need to write about what characteristics make a great TV ad.
- What drugs could you target in your TV ad?
- What are some facts about how drugs affect your body that you think people should be aware of?
- How could you communicate this information effectively in your ad?
Students are to blog about the colours they are using for their digital portfolio. Why have they chosen certain colours? Is it becuase it’s your favourite? Is it to make make the person who veiws your dp feel something? etc
Students are to write using the yellow thinking hat writing something that they enjoyed during the holidays and the green thinking hat writing something that they wished they had done on the holidays
This blog contiains Year 7 and 8 student blog links. It looks at focusing the students thoughts in different areas using thinking tools like the habbits of mind.
