tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633333836657746309.post3467335702189664270..comments2023-05-17T14:37:23.909+01:00Comments on The Web 2.0 Optimist: Reviewing Year 7Donna Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15135671687367811035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633333836657746309.post-6982809378749844292012-10-25T09:55:20.213+01:002012-10-25T09:55:20.213+01:00Hi there, awesome site. I thought the topics you p...Hi there, awesome site. I thought the topics you posted on were very interesting. I tried to add your RSS to my feed reader and it a few. take a look at it, hopefully I can add you and follow...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://webdesignchennai.in/graphic-design.htm" rel="nofollow"> Web Design Packages </a>estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08748692388644877228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633333836657746309.post-30425766425616000192011-08-30T16:46:43.601+01:002011-08-30T16:46:43.601+01:00Thanks Nick. I think resilience is a big issue wit...Thanks Nick. I think resilience is a big issue with many of my students. There is a great tendency to give up if they find something hard Time and again I was getting comments about liking topics because it was easy or because they already knew how to do it. The love some of them have for PowerPoint is very depressing. I've been working on modelling problem solving. I tell them when I don't know how to do something and show them how I go about finding out how to do stuff.<br /><br />I'd forgotten about the Stanford stuff - I was playing with it before I went away and it's great. Would be good teamed with the Python stuff I've been working through this week. As we move deeper into programming though CPD re non-specialists is going to be an increasing issue. Going to need an extra-curricular club for some of the keener students.Donna Hayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135671687367811035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633333836657746309.post-58953692778990666932011-08-30T16:18:52.913+01:002011-08-30T16:18:52.913+01:00Donna,
You have clearly done so much in such a sh...Donna,<br /><br />You have clearly done so much in such a short time and your success is there for all to see. Unfortunately, as you and I know this will only continue to be hard work on your part to get to where you want to be.<br /><br />I just wanted to offer you a little support and guidance re your reference to students' comments on Scratch. To my mind and in my experience of using Scratch in my classrooms for a few years, it is about changing students' mindsets to their achievement when teaching programming especially in respect of games design like this. <br /><br />Basically, every students wants to create a playable, "good" game and if they don't achieve that then they think they have failed. This is best addressed from the start. I have found that showing them games that don't quite work but outlining how at various levels of APP with examples these games have achieved more than they think is a great way to put this thought in their heads. Also, this gives students great ways of peer assessing, understanding how the assessment fits the work. Further, I would definitely now kick things off with http://stanford.edu/~cpiech/Elimu/lessons.html#/english/unit1/lesson1 and get them to have a go and see how far they get. Then use this as a tool to send the message re little achievements in making things happen is what it is about rather than getting a singing and dancing game. <br /><br />Hope that helps. In fact I think I might turn this into a blog post on mine and see what others say. What d'ya reckon?Nick (@largerama)http://largerama.creativeblogs.netnoreply@blogger.com