Sunday, April 09, 2006
Welcome to myPDA eWorld > Broady Bubble Bump!
It is exciting to share the 'energy' of excited learners.
This week saw the introduction of Dell Axim X51 PDA / PocketPC's into Broadmeadows (BPS), Balwyn North (BNPS) and Streeton (SPS) Primary Schools.
At Broadmeadows PS we let the Media IT students explore and consider the possiblilities of the new technology. The most immediateley engaging feature was voice recording. How to maximise this eTool for enhanced learning is the first of many challenges. At Streeton, Principal, Marcia Lane discovered that a student focused on perfecting his reading ability by voice recording over and over till he was satisfied he had read a passage of text to the best of his ability.
At BPS we invented a game using the Bubble game. It is called the Broady Bubble Bump. Students race to get the max score in a given time frame. Round 1 = 1 min., R2 = 2, and final round is 3 min. At the end of each round the 5 lowest scorers are eliminated, but they participate in round 2. If they get a score higher than the valid players they can "bump" them out. Round 3 is a race to get the highest score.
At the start of each round PDA's must be docked displaying a new game. At "times up" call, each player must dock the PDA and place hands on heads. Then the scores are recorded.
This is an open Blog. We welcome your PDA experiences and comments. If you are an invited member of the Blog we hope you will add your experiences to share with others in this exciting project
This week saw the introduction of Dell Axim X51 PDA / PocketPC's into Broadmeadows (BPS), Balwyn North (BNPS) and Streeton (SPS) Primary Schools.
At Broadmeadows PS we let the Media IT students explore and consider the possiblilities of the new technology. The most immediateley engaging feature was voice recording. How to maximise this eTool for enhanced learning is the first of many challenges. At Streeton, Principal, Marcia Lane discovered that a student focused on perfecting his reading ability by voice recording over and over till he was satisfied he had read a passage of text to the best of his ability.
At BPS we invented a game using the Bubble game. It is called the Broady Bubble Bump. Students race to get the max score in a given time frame. Round 1 = 1 min., R2 = 2, and final round is 3 min. At the end of each round the 5 lowest scorers are eliminated, but they participate in round 2. If they get a score higher than the valid players they can "bump" them out. Round 3 is a race to get the highest score.
At the start of each round PDA's must be docked displaying a new game. At "times up" call, each player must dock the PDA and place hands on heads. Then the scores are recorded.
This is an open Blog. We welcome your PDA experiences and comments. If you are an invited member of the Blog we hope you will add your experiences to share with others in this exciting project
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