The Digital Classroom 2.0
We are currently exploring Signs and Symbols in our Graphics class. We are looking at colour and shape used in different signs i.e.
What colours and shapes should be used on safety signboards?
* Red for prohibition
* Yellow for caution
* Green for positive action
* Blue for mandatory actions
* O Discs for prohibitions and instructions
* Δ Triangles for warnings
* □ Squares and rectangles for emergency and information signs
Well, it may be scorching out here but Mrs B has sat and looked at all the competition entries and come up with the final 3. It was a stressful process for her, so stressful she ate 3 big crackers with cheese! Well done to all our entrants – your ideas were all great. So, here are the shortlisted final 3…..
“TECHNICALLY Mr B’s Blog” – James P.
“Mr B’s Cool Home Tec School” – Kevin Mc.
“Teach me Tekkie” – Taylor L.
Well done guys! You are 1 step closer to the Philip’s 2GB MP4 Player.
I have included a vote on the right hand side bar – Do you want a say in the final name?
Keep checking for updates. The winner will be announced during our school fun day!!!
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We started working on our Learning Style questionaires today. S3 GC used Google Docs online to begin to explore their prefered learning style in class. This should help us all focus on specific ways to teach and learn so that we can fully achieve our potential in the subject. I will post the results once all pupils have completed the task so you can compare with each other – results so far are VERY interesting!!!
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Well, it’s time to celebrate on the blog! We have had 400+ page hits in LESS than 2 weeks. That is a massive amount of support and interest from my classes! The Blog is here to stay.
On another note. You will remember our homework task from last week- using Google Documents (Online) to complete your S3 Exam Feedback form. Again, this was a massive success with over 90% of pupils in my two S3 sections completing the homework online.
I guess we can now celebrate our success as a group, oh, and remember, the Win an MP4 player competition closes this Friday. Late entries will not be counted-so get creative and get emailing!
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Another Podcast update has been released full of fab things!
Podcast 10, titled “Basic Orthographic Drawing” is, well, eh, a basic ortho drawing task – suitable for all Graphics and Craft & Design students.
Podcast 11 is a cracking Exam preparation & relaxation audio file courtesy of our friends over at Do-Be Ltd.
Podcast 12 is an explanation of what you will find on the “Learn-it” mp4 player’s you will soon be seeing in class.
Please visit Do-Be to find out more about what the guys do and how they support what we do here.
Click HERE for instructions on how to get all the Podcasts.
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The latest podcast titled ‘Colour Theory’ has been released.
Update iTunes as before – enjoy!
You may also have noticed the wee blue birdie on the Blog? Clicking him will take you to the TWITTER home page for this blog where you can register then follow and ‘tweet’ to the micro blog. More to come in class!!!
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So, the focus in class just now is on
a pilot of Google Documents as a means of sharing documents online.
We are initially using GDocs for collaborating on a homework excercise. The idea is that we provide our feedback via the GDocs system and the ’share’ function. It’s working so far for most, the main problem being pupils not validating emails from Google – too much time on messenger I thinks!
We also have our ‘Win an MP4′ competition well underway.
The most impressive thing for the Blog is the support from pupils!!!! Almost 300 hits in 6 days, proof of a market for a Digital Classroom 
Now, get your homework done!
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