You can borrow a Bee-Bot when you are not the student of the week, please feel free to borrow from our library. All borrowing will require you to complete a liability form.
All students names go in a barrel and S.O.W is selected spontaneously.
Introduction
when you see this image it will invite you to an activity or notify you of an activity. Please take the time to do the activity together with your child.
Image from An activity each day (2017, India Parenting )
The following script is from a well known educational professor, Sir Ken Robinson. After asking a question, the Dalai Lama replies "I don't know, what do you think?" Sir Robinson adds his reflection as he shares the story on TEDX talk;
"knowledge isn't about what you know, it's about what you
don't know and being prepared to say I
don't know. The world's great teachers are those who also learn with their students .Were all suppose to know and if you get it wrong you fail,actually all the great questions aren't terribly knowable even at the heart of science !"
PARENTS ARE OUR FIRST TEACHERS
TDTP believes that a child's first educator and main influence on learning and the way we learn is through the parent. Parent involvement is key to student success, the activities in this website need to be undertaken with your support and guidance of an adult. In this way a partnership between you and your child's learning will flourish and thrive.
This link on families is a report outlining key roles for parents/ adults to support digital technologies for children
This clip shows Sir Ken Robinson. It goes for ten minutes, if you would like to see the quote extracted, go to the bottom of the red bar time 4.30
Use this site whenever you can and you may like to adapt the information and resources for personal use for other children, families or friends. They may like to comment and can do so on our network page. We love to have a chat with others from outside our school community.
In the beginning of the year, I will set up a student of the week, when it is your child' turn they will come home with a bag containing a Bee-Bot and a note outlining access to the other two software programs. Forms for borrowing will be sorted at the beginning of the year. Over the year we will explore devices, such as; the iPad, and Bee-Bot, as well as, software , like iPads and Scratch Junior. You will be required to pick an activity from the bottom of the page under the device or software page. Choose one activity to do with your child. The activity needs to be returned to school whereby, the child presents and shares their use of this device or soft ware with us.
NOTE: Every student will have 4 turns, but please DO access this website anytime . No need to wait to be the S.O.W.
This site has been designed to extend and share our journey with teaching and learning around digital technology. Together we will implement ideas to create opportunities that enhance learning across curriculum areas whilst further developing our skills and knowledge in the use of digital technology.
Please take the time to explore this website and what it has to offer. Click on the links above to discover information pertaining to; technologies, coding, teaching practices, software programs and devices we use in class. Your feedback is essential in maintaining a functional website like this, please use my contact details or join us on our network page for more information.
Dr Donohue expressed the importance of parents and teaching professionals acting as ‘media mentors’. A ‘Media mentor’ is one who encourages confidence in children by modelling the use of digital technology, whilst fostering their own skills. (http://www.acecqa.gov.au/acecqa-newsletter-issue-11-2016).
Play, learn & have fun together!
We welcome people from the wider community to our website too!
if you are another school, we would like to connect and share our experience with someone from the wider community.
Note: I can speak and read in Italian. Io Posso scrivi Italiano e leggere. contact /conttato
the help of their parent to select an activity and present this prior to selecting the next S.O.W.
When the Student of the week
(S.O.W) is chosen, they will require