Reflection week 4

Hooray! Everything seems to be working again. 
For the past week, I've been encouraging my student, Brendan to have a go on the IWB.  It makes you realise how hard it was when we were new to the concept.  Now I'm stuck with the need to leave my laptop in the classroom for the IWB, when I also need it for CRT or when I leave Brendan on full control.  I guess some people have already dealt with this.  I don't usually leave my laptop in the class room with a reliever, but should we be letting/encouraging relievers be ICT capable in our rooms??
Also ... I used a microsoft programme on my own laptop to make a video out of a set of photos. (Movie maker I think)  Really easy to do and I was pleased with the outcome. Check out room 2's blog to see KC Art club in action!

New Technology!!!

What a week!  First my lamp needed to be changed on my projector. I was told by Marius that we should all be checking our filters regularly and resetting the filter counter. Also we need to make sure we have our lamp on "eco". I was sure I did but realised that it is very easy to press the lamp control button on the remote and you are back to full strength (which greatly reduces the life of the expensive bulb).  If you need help with this I can show you what to do.
Then either me (or my son) used up the monthly data allowance in 2 weeks, so have been on dial up speed. It is painfully slow when you like to flick around different sites like I usually do.  Hence I haven't been posting much. I'd like to be commenting on Blogs but I'll get back into it soon.

Reflections on the journey so far

I'm having a lot of fun.  I really enjoy testing the sites before letting the children loose on them and I felt lost without my IWB today.  I seem to be using it more and more regularly during maths and literacy times.  I'm also really thrilled with the way the class are using study ladder.  They can't wait to have a turn. I choose a variety of activities related to their literacy and numeracy learning for them to complete.  I love doing my blog, and I'm comfortable with what my class are doing with theirs.  It's a mix of me posting items of interest, videos and photos of what's been happening and the children starting to post their work. The number of sites and variety of tools are overwhelming but I've decided to try a tool and have it working before I look for more.