Look Who I Found!

Today we have James Hopkins in our class looking at our digital footprints. We are doing an activity called "Look Who I Found!" Our class is googling each other and place the images in the grid below. We won't be publishing the finished grids, but has created some interesting conversations and reactions.

How would you feel about being found online?

Using Stupeflix to Share our Learning

Today we had a go at using stupeflix to share our learning! The above video is about our Inquiry Learning in Power Hive 8.

Creating Squares - Going into the Learning Pit!

In Power Hive 8 we have had a go at this Maths Game.

Only 7 of us have managed to win the computer so far, including Mr. Crowe, eventually!

http://wild.maths.org/creating-squares

Have a go and let us know how you many tries it took you!

Week 7, Using Dialogue in Our Writing

Last week we completed our E-Asttle writing. One of the things that came up as a goal for almost all of us was our use of punctuation when writing dialogue. Below is the lesson we did with Mr. Crowe. We will be publishing our writing on our own blogs once we have received and acted on our feedback.

Becoming Human Centred Designers

In #powerhive08 we have started on the journey towards becoming designers. We watched the clip above and started to develop ways to becoming good problem finders.

The clip above says that 95% of products do not have a successful launch because they fail to include the end user, the people who will use their ideas, in their process. Over the next two weeks we will be seeking out pains, problems and opportunities within our community. This is our place and we want to be part of the solutions that can have a lasting impact on our community.

We will add more pics of the process and look forward to the ensuing feedback.

Turangawaewae - The People And Places We Are Proud Of

Answer these questions in the padlet below:

What are you proud of?
Who are you proud of?
What do you love about your community?

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Our First Week in Room 8

Last week was our first week together as Room 8. We learnt so much about each other through creating a class treaty, learning about the Big Four and PB4L at Wesley Intermediate. We did some group work and brainstormed together what it would like to express the school values in different settings.

We also started some art that expresses who we are and the things we value and we will make sure we post some pictures when they're finished. One of our favourite activities was doing PE with Room 9.

We also looked at the Learning Pit and had conversations that got us to think about, "What is learning? What does it feel like? What does it look like?"

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We came to the conclusion that if we are not feeling frustrated, out of our depth, like we don't know what to do, then we are not learning. Over the next few weeks we will look at strategies, tools and skills that will help us to  overcome these challenges and progress our learning.