[Yr7-10it] The Cloud Dance

[Gunn Gordon]

Hi Roland 
This is fantastic. I am forever impressed with the kinds of things you and your crew at Westall get up to.

Well done
Gordon

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From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] The Cloud Dance

"The Cloud Dance" video from the performance by my year 8 science class at
the 2010 Science Drama awards is now online and ready for you to watch. It
runs for about 9 min and what these band of students did with space science,
optics, history, cosmology etc. will blow your mind. We would love you to
post your feedback.

     http://bit.ly/aIbJUL

Regards Roland

PS: I managed to squash most of the spelling bugs that kept haunting my
video credits etc. Aghhhhh, finally done!

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>



-- 
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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