C4K-Posts 4-6

C4K-#4- I was assigned to Mr. Mike Harris's classroom, Room 19, in Auckland, New Zealand. The student's blog I looked at was Gabrielle from Pt. England School in Grade 7. In her first blog she wrote about how excited she was about getting to go to camp in three days. The children are split into groups called, Respectablez, Carez, Motavatiez, and the Thinkers. Gabrielle was in the Respectablez group. The name of the camp is "Take Charge". The school gives them an oppurtunity to go to the camp and learn ways to take charge. That seems to be their motto in the school, because I later viewed another video called Take Charge. Her next blog was about "Surf Life Saving at Mairangi Bay". The children went on a field trip to Mairangi Bay to learn about water safety. Gabrielle said that it was freezing outside but she went on ahead and got in the water with her board. She only lasted about ten seconds in the cold water and ended up with a little cough. Although she got a cough, she said the day was enjoyable and full of laughs and a good time.

C4K-#5- The next blog was Ms. Jenny's Year 6 classs at Pt. England School. Their class blog is called "Little Voices, Little Scholars". I watched a video on the classblog on the school picnic they have every year. The School picnic gives the kids an oppurtunity to have fun with their school friends, teachers, and family. They all come to together and play games, do potterty, play on the playground, and swim in the ocean. Every kid wears a big red hat that looks like they are going on a field trip. It really looked like such a fun time to just spend the whole day having fun with everyone from school.
     I looked at Angelo's blog and his first blog was a video of him describing his wonderful weekend. In his video he talked about how he rode his bike to his grandmother's house. The next blog was "Learning to Take Charge Video". It had pictures of the kids art work of them going out and doing productive things to take charge. The video would transition between a topic and then a child would speak. It showed the children on the playground, doing work in class, learning how to swim, and playing together. Each child would say they take charge and follow instructions, or use safety on the play ground, or focus in school. I thought it was really interesting that the children get the chance to swim during P.E. I would have loved that as a child, because I always loved to be in the water.

C4K-#6- The next blog I looked at was Room 14, The Explorers, in Taurango, New Zealand. I looked at a girls blog named Lucy. I watched a video that her and another girl created on "How is culture reflected through the arts?"  The classroom made art work that reflected the same that the Greeks did. They also would make art work that went along with a Greek god they learned about. The girls made a video of the classroom's art work they had done throught the Greek lesson. at the end they had a credits run through of the comments that teachers and other students had said about their video. It was really cool, because at the end you could comment on their video, then your comment would be added to the slides.
   The next post I read was called "What makes a great post", This was a really good post because it talked about the importance of making a vital and safe post. Their tips were  to; Only use your first name, use sensible and appropriate language, draft your post and always have the teacher check it, never write out personal details, and always ask permission before posting someone else's photo. I thought these were all very good ideas on making a great post.