31.8.12

31.8.12
Today, one of the children, who has trouble 'tracking' with his eyes, was able to highlight the word he wanted  to spell while he was writing information from his research onto his question sheet, so that when he took his eyes off the research to write the word, he knew exactly where to look back to.
The class learnt about Venn Diagrams today, when we discussed the similarities and differences between the Opening Ceremonies of the Paralympic Games nd the Olympic Games. A photo was taken of the Venn Diagram we had filled in on the whiteboard and the photo was then uploaded onto all the students' sites, so that they could use it as a resource when they were answering the enquiry, what was the same and what was different in the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games.

Links to the relevant and safe sites have been saved in each of the students' on-line folders, so it is not necessary for them to go searching for the information on unfamiliar websites when they are doing their project on the Paralympic Games. The information in the linked sites is relevant and up-to-date eg they can see photos of Sophia Pascoe winning the 200m swim this morning when she won the first Gold medal for NZ.