Using iMovie to share research

As part of our Money Matters unit children researched New Zealand money.  Each student had a specific coin or note to research, from the past or present.  One group also researched the history of New Zealand money.

Students put their research notes into a group shared google doc. After they were done researching they collaborated on writing a script for a news broadcast or game show to share their findings about money.

When they had finished their scripts and had practiced a couple of times, they filmed their production and then used iMovie to publish it and then upload it to YouTube.  

A poster was created with task information and QR codes for students and classroom visitors to scan to watch the movies.

Students also added the link for their video to their own blog, as well as a link to their collaborative google doc that they used to write their research and script.

See the class blog for more details. >>LINK HERE<<

The following day, we revisited our videos and discussed how we could improve upon them. See the class blog for the new and improved news broadcasts. >>LINK HERE<<

Gaming for learning

Students used the Motions Math Pizza iPad app to learn how to run their own business. They worked together collaborating on their pizza business to see which group could earn the most money in half an hour. This app allowed them to put their learning about good, services and production into practice.

When we were finished playing we compared our profits and discussed what we had learnt about running our own business. 

Peer assessment

Room 3 are reading Room 17's blogs and completing their peer assessments on google docs.  

They then shared the google doc back to the student they assessed.  

They also posted a positive comment on the student's blog. 

An excellent way to share our learning outside our classroom and receive feedback.

Movie Making and Collaboration

The children are learning two skills in this digital and collaborative innovation.  They are learning to collaborate and work with children they don't usually work with, as groups are made at random.  They are also learning how to use iMovie so that in the future they can use it to demonstrate their learning.

This is a link to the children's first day of movie making in class.

This is the link to the children's second day of movie making where they used storyboards to create their movies.

Shared Learning

The children created a Google Slide show to share the research they did for our Cultural theme.  They were given the option of working independently or with one or two other people.  Those in groups had one person create the slide show and share it with the others so they could collaborate on the same project.

When the children had completed the success criteria, and were satisfied with their slide show, they published it to the web and added it to their blogs.  On their blog post they wrote the Learning Intention, Success Criteria and a Self Assessment.

Others are now able to view their presentation and comment on it, providing feedback from outside of the classroom.

This is a redefinition of a task - the children collaborated on one project; researched using the internet, shared their project on line, received feedback from people outside the classroom.