Myst V – first week finished

I thought it would be of interest to post my thoughts, conclusions and also comments from my class after our first week of exploring and using Myst in our classroom. 

I had my initial doubts whether the use of the game as a teaching and learning tool would be suitable for a class of children who have Spanish as a first language but after playing with the game I decided it would be a wonderful opportunity for developing speaking and listening skills. My thoughts were proved correct as the game has brought so much conversation into the class and with it more descriptive and interesting language.

Our Myst V Trailer

This is the trailer the children will use in class tomorrow to begin their voice over work. I used animoto to piece it together and I cut up the soundtrack with Audacity to a 30 second fit for the video.

Riddle me this – Using Podcasts in the classroom

I’ve known about podcasting for ages but just never got round to trying it out for anything remotely connected to teaching and learning. I knew there were podcasts that could and should be used in the classroom, I knew there were many inspirational blogs about that would teach me how to make one myself but I was just a little too lazy to think about it. Until today.