Sharing the Addiction

Yesterday, I had great sessions with Petone Central staff. In the morning, myself and two staff members worked with their media team. I gave the children and the two teachers a snippet of video to play with and some still images. What was really interesting about this I told the kids to just try and figure out how to use the software without me ‘teaching’ it first. I busied myself with trying to sort out the video camera problem (unsuccessfully!) and so I didn’t have a chance to intefer and take over. They picked it up so quickly and were ‘fearless’ when trying things out. I couldn’t help but notice that this is quite different to working with adults who generally prefer to rely on being taken through things step by step (at least until their confidence grows). I am determined to try and get staff more comfortable with ‘having a play’.

I have started a new wiki (yes – yet another one with tips for different software packages and downloadable notes I have made for each piece of software. The site can be accessed from here.
I was meant to run a workshop on Kidpix in the afternoon but ended up looking at some of my favourite new discoveries instead when the networked version of Kidpix on the computers at the school failed to open correctly – ahh the joys of technology. One of the things I talked about is an online application where you can easily make online diagrams. The site is Gliffy and you register for free to use it. It is such an easy to use format – again I think it could be really useful. This is a rather lighthearted practice diagram I made when I was testing it out:

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