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Mums Teacher by Daniel

My mum had some very interesting stories that is why I want to share one with you.

In South Africa my mother’s year four teacher had was called Mrs Aukamp. She was tall and scary and perched right at the end of her nose she had big round glasses. She wore a skirt and high heels.  She could also be very disgusting, she used to pick her long nose and flick her snot at kids. Everyone was really petrified of her. My mother bawled her eyes out when she heard that she was in Mrs Aukamp’s class.

Inside Mrs Aukamps class there were three rows of desks.  She arranged the children according to their  behavior. She had the naughty and  slow to learn kids in one row.  The average  kids in the middle row. and the brainy ones in the last row.  Mum was placed in the back of the middle row.  Mrs Aukamp was a very mean teacher that is  is why she threw chalk or even dusters at people. If you didn't do your work at you would have to do a bit of working at playtime. The morning wouldn’t be that fun if you didn’t know them you would have to write them down ten times.  

One day that my mum will never forget was when a girl called Shelly Phillips dared to talk back to Mrs Aucamp. Mrs Aukamp picked her up and put her in the rubbish bin and said “you are rubbish”. The class was very quiet for the rest of the day.

After all this my mum became a teacher.

I find my mum amazing with teaching much better than Mrs Aukamp. My mum has relieved me and my class numerous times and most of those times she took us out for a game.

I’m very happy that my teachers weren’t like Mrs Aukamp.

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Happy Scratch Day - May 9th 2015

Unfortunately I am not able to host Scratch Day this year. However there are two being hosted in NZ. Check them out @ Happy Scratch Day. One is hosted by Erika Rhodes at Paraparaumu Community Centre and the other by Jill Pears Linwood College in Christchurch. Have a great day!

Scratch Ideas to share:

I found this group of tutorials on YouTube that are well worth looking at for students who are interested in making their own games.  Invent with Scratch 2.0 Screencast YouTube Playlist

Mother Day Cards - Every thought about making mum an e-card for Mothers Day. Scratch Ed has a fun example http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/discussions/teaching-scratch/mothers-day-project.

But if you want an alternative to Scratch Tynker.com provides a step by step tutorial - Mother Day Card.

Happy Scratch Day All!

Get engaged with Nearpod!

This is a nice idea. Teachers designing and pushing out the learning to their students. Looks like it could be fun and engaging for students and teachers. When I figure out how I'm going to use this with my students I'll share the outcomes here, I think I'll start by exploring the topic of cyber safety,

Scratch Design Studio presents - Create A Planet!

3, 2, 1, Lift Off! Design your own planet in this new SDS!

A few suggestions for your project is to include a drawing of your planet, a few facts about it, and some activities that you can do on this new planet! Have fun, get creative, and REACH FOR THE STARS!

Struggling with your project/contribution? Try remixing, or checking out this template:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/55873404/
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Don't know how to make a link? Go to this awesome tutorial to see how:http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/47097052/
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SDS (Scratch Design Studio) is a themed studio where any Scratcher can submit a project that matches the current theme so long as it meets the requirements shown above.

As always, thanks to the SDS curators for making SDS possible! Check out the curators tab to see the current SDS curators.
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To have your project added to this studio, please post a comment with a link. You can find a link to your project by clicking the 'Embed' button on project page. The link will be directly below the Facebook logo.

Please submit a single project made no earlier than one month before the start of this Design studio. However, you can update your project, and it'll be eligible again. If you have an older project that would fit, add some new features and feel free to submit the updated version!

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Completed CS002x: Programming in Scratch edX

I was planning to do this course with and selection of Year 6 students. This did not come to fruition however I did completed this course myself. Some aspects of this would have been appropriate for my students and because it's an open course we could go back to it and try these activities. We will see what Term 2 brings.

My next course:

This is another course run by Professor Klopfer of MIT. His courses are interesting and well structured. I would recommend them any wanting to start a MOOC. 

This is the outline:

Unit 0: Welcome and Orientation (4/1/2015)
Live Event: Ask Me Anything with Professor Klopfer Thursday, April 9, 2015 12:30 PM UTC
Unit 1: Foundations (4/8/2015)
Unit 2: How Games Mean (4/15/2015)
Unit 3: Design and Protoyping (Part I) (4/22/2015)
Live Event: Hangout on Air with select prototype critiques Wednesday, April 29, 2015 2:30 PM UTC
Unit 4: Design and Protoyping (Part II) (5/6/2015)
Unit 5: Assessment and Classroom Integration (5/20/2015)
Unit 6: State of the Field (5/27/2015)
Live Event: Unhangout with breakout groups and peer feedback in preparation for Final Project submissions Wednesday, May 27, 2015 11:00 PM UTC

You can enroll for free at edX.org

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