[Yr7-10it] The Cloud Dance

[Dr Paul Chandler]

Congratulatios, Roland!

> Some of you may be aware that I have fun using glove puppets to teach IT,
> love of space / earth sciences and former life as a research scientist.
> Here
> is something else from left field that links it all with a dash of drama:
>      Media Release - cloud dance Aug10.odt -
> https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=10xA7MgprJDiR8itdMRVjOtcsh-TMFLHRmc2lEH-N7aI
>
> I have been coaching my year 8 science class towards a production with the
> STAV Science Drama awards and we just made the state finals with my Cloud
> Dance, WOOT!! I am soooo excited that I could break a leg (if I had a
> drama
> bone in my body). I now have a deeper respect for music and drama teachers
> for their nail biting stress with chasing forms, finding snippets of
> rehersal time, consoling students, struggling with copyright, the dark
> arts
> of lighting and stage positioning, sewing after midnight and stage props
> that go walkies.. it feels as if I am stuck on a mysterious level of
> Inception.
>
> At a recent CEGSA state conference, I had everybody up and out of their
> seats doing The Cloud Dance .. anybody remember this? (grin)
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/4804422471/in/set-72157624527789702/
>
> Ow yes, before I forget .. here is an OZ-Teachers group photo from amongst
> those friends I met at CEGSA 2010.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/4804427429/in/set-72157624527789702/
>
> WIsh us luck for the finals this Friday evening :-)
>
> You can follow my tweets with http://www.twitter.com/rgesthuizen
>
> Regards Roland
>
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change
> the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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-- 
Dr Paul Chandler
Research Fellow
'Multimedia grammatical design and authoring pedagogy' (Kahootz) project,
School of Education, University of New England
(Project website: http://www.une.edu.au/kahootzresearch)

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