Links to class blogs

Hi guys,

For ease of access, I've added links to all the class blogs of the contributors to this blog. They can be found at the top of this blog on the right hand side, under 'Our Class Blogs'.

Authentic Audience

Hi all,

I was really pleased with how well things worked out with Gemma's class blog in trying to develop authentic audiences.

With much of the work that has been put on class blogs thus far, audiences have struggled to add comments beyond 'well done' and 'great stuff'. By outlining the purpose and success criteria for the writing, Gemma has enabled the audience to offer feedback that is much more valuable than an acknowledgement of effort.

Check it out on her blog http://tisgoldfinch.blogspot.com.

Marvin as a Tutorial

The Tawa Intermediate School Good Guys used Marvin to create a tutorial explaining why they made a new rubbish enclosure and have invented a rubbish collection solution for the school. After an initial introduction, the students were able to manipulate the programme fairly well with increasing independence. The video can be found at the bottom of the blog.