Tiniroto+EXPO+2011

Tiniroto EXPO 2011 =Digital Story Telling = This was another inspiring elearning day for the cluster. All four schools gathered at Tiniroto, grouped into three section and straight into their learning. The year 1-3 students were learning about photography. They dressed up to portray characters from Nursary Rhymes and there was much fun as they practiced and posed so that peers from their groups could photograph a series of shots to retell the rhyme. Students in the middle section years 4-5 took their learning up a notch and were focused on shot selection. They practiced various angles and techniques and learned how planning different shots has a major impact on how an audience see's and feels about characters. With the use of video and photography they were able to practice their new learning. The years 5-8 students had great fun building their 'sets' to retell their version of traditional rhymes. Students got creative with the familiar plots and characters to make animations using 'I can animate'. The section phase was to load their animations into MovieMaker allowing them to add sound effects, voice over and music. The final sharing time was a highlight for all with genuine interest, pride and enjoyment shown by all. =media type="custom" key="11203798" =

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Heres what some of our teachers thought: //“////Really liked the flow from basic camera skills- through to videography and moviemaker then the older ones to animating and movie maker- fantastic progression- It was an instant rubric!”// //“////I felt they moved further in 20 minutes than they would have in the multilevel in 1 or 2 terms”.// //“////Golden opportunity to regularly move across the age range for staff. Learning alongside different kids was real neat; it moves you back to ‘real teaching’- some of these kids we’ve known since they were born! Relationships are the corner stone teaching.”// 