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Prompt 8
I chose to search for the second lot of #picturebooks on Instagram. I enjoyed this a lot more that searching the hashtag in twitter. I feel that this way of searching was much more student friendly and this is something that I would definitely use in the classroom. I found it easier to navigate and the resources that were displayed really caught my attention.
This looks like the end of the story; but it isnât!
Beatrix Potter
The last prompt, PROMPT 8
This week we are still using the hashtag #picturebooks
Your task this week is to do a search using the hashtag, in another social media platform. Can you search Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms using the #picturebooks hashtag.
Make a  comparison with last weeks results, tell us what  you have found.
Reflect on whether or not you could use the hashtag to research something related to what your class is doing. Can you unlock a whole world of information to help your class become researchers using online information? Could your class hashtag #sustainability #palmoilfree #povertyÂ
Is the hashtag a viable alternative to do doing classroom based research via Wikipedia, on-line encyclopaediaâs, and designated websites found with a google search?
Thank you to all of those that have made an effort with your reflections, there have been some absolutely stunning TUMBLR posts and we are very proud of those that have taken on the challenge,
Regards
The ECL310 team.
(via ecl3102016)
Prompt 7
Through searching the hashtag #picturebooks on Tumblr I was amazed at just how many resources were available and how inspiring some of these can be. The colour and layout of these post and images lead me on a journey through the wonderful world that is #picturebooks on Tumblr. I chose the image of this book as it just took my breath away. The beautiful words that just skipped across the page made me feel so wonderful when I was reading I just did not want it to stop. The illustrations are magical and I feel that these are the sort of books that students will hold in their heart for the rest of their lives.Â
The Bear and The Piano - David Litchfield
Prompt 7
Research a #hashtag
Your task for this prompt is to do a search, on TUMBLR, of #picturebooks.
Type in #picturebooks to the search panel, and then have a look at the numerous TUMBLR posts that include that hashtag that are shown.
We want you to find something and share!. You may find the details of a new picture book being released, you may find a discussion or information regarding an obscure, or famous picture book. If you see an interesting hashtag in one of the posts you may like to follow that.Â
We ask you to reflect and report back on what you have found interesting when you have research #picturebooks. You may choose to follow some TUMBLR sites and recommend these to others. Remember to hashtag #ecl3102016, and #ecl310prompt7 and #picturebooks
Happy Hashtag Hunting
From the ECL310 team!
Prompt 6
The video that I watched from the ABC Online Education resource was âWelcome to Shelley Beachâ. I chose this to base my front loading activity on as I think it allows students to think about their own connections to special places and how this links to Indigenous Australians connections to the land. Students would be able to explore how special connections can make people feel and why they are so important in peopleâs lives.
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Prompt 6
I would like you all to have a look at the fantastic teacher materials on this website.
For this weeks reflection, I would like you look at one of the many grade 5 and 6 videos. You can check the grade 5 and 6 boxes, as well as the video box, down the left hand side.
After watching one of these indigenous related videos, describe how you might use this particular video in the front loading of a literature unit based on an Australian and Torres Strait Islander book. You may choose any of the videoâs, and you donât have to match it to a particular book. For this purpose you donât need to have a specific book, but if you do know one, then that would  be great,
good luck
The ECL310 team
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Prompt 5
Part 1:Â The cold silence of the night left me feeling hollow and transparent. I had no food, no strength and I think the fire in my heart had just died
 Part 2: The world is a resource to those who do not acknowledge the transparent
 Part 3: I would use a KWHL chart to gain and understanding of the studentâs prior knowledge. This can lead to predictions about what the text may be about and can be looked at once the text has been read to determine students growth and development of knowledge
PROMPT 5
Welcome back to those that have been on placement, and to everyone else. This weeks seminar involves the powerful childrenâs picture book Dust. First, I would like you to write a sentence using every word in the Wordle attached to this post. Many of you have already done this in seminars, you can just re-use the possible sentence you have already written, or add in a new one. The entire book is available to be read, in the week 6 seminar file on Cloud.
Second, Â I would like you to re-write the sentence for the attached image of the food being placed in the rubbish bin. Just one sentence, but it can be a challenge as you already know what the sentence is!
Both of these great front-loading activities were devised by Marsha Dickins and are two of several that were modelled in the seminars. Finally, for a third reflection, can you briefly describe another short ten-to-twenty minute front-loading lesson you may do, before the book is read.
Good luck!
Example of what a Wall of Positivity can look like
WEEK FOUR REFLECTION
I am unable to get a photo of the âWall of Positivityâ at the school I am on placement at. I have sourced an image off Pinterest to give you some idea as to how it looks (see above). The wall is a display in the grade 5 and 6 area but as this is a thoroughfare for all students in the school it is able to be seen by everyone. The students have written words that they feel are positive to them or the people around them. They have been asked to create this to help raise awareness to the importance of accepting people for who they are and acknowledging one anotherâs unique traits.
I love this display as it has allowed to children to express their own individuality whilst supporting their peers by encouraging and accepting everyoneâs opinions on what can be seen as positive. Some examples of words that are written on this wall are: Happy, Smile, Braces, Laughing, Chubby, Tall, Lanky, Sporty, Arts, Reading, Maths, Skinny, Big Feet, Freckles, Step Parents, Family and Love. I was so happy to see how the studentâs were accepting their peers and writing words that allowed others to see that they accept their own individuality. I feel that by doing activities like this and having them as displays can help to promote confidence and positive self-esteem among the students. I also like that it is in a space where all the younger students of the school can see it so it benefits the whole school community.Â
Prompt 4
Classroom Displays
I found this today in a local Primary School. I spoke to the teacher about it.The teacher is hesitant to take the bold step of incorporating real social media platforms in to her classroom for a number of reasons. The students do use EDMODO as a form of Facebook, which is a closed cache able to be accessed by the students and the school only. Some of the students use EDMODO regularly, such as one of my daughters. Several of her classmates never use EDMODO at all.Â
This Twitter Feed board seems to work quite well and the students enjoy seeing each others posts.
The #dismoment heading in the image is a reference to a resilience project the school is working on.
For discussion this week, please take a photo of something interesting you see in the classroom on placement, remember to ask for approval. If the teacher seems hesitant donât push it. Remember, no childrenâs images whatsoever.Â
Displays that are unusual and even unique would be great, or displays that you think are just downright impressive will also qualify. It may be a great writing task someone has done, an interesting method of teaching a writing genre perhaps, or a class project. Please make sure names are blurred or any child's full name is unable to be identified.
Some of you are not on placement, can I get you to reflect on your opinion of what is good content, and what may be unhelpful content in a classroom display.
If you donât want that as a prompt, go back to the top of this prompt and have a reflective moment on what your current attitude is with social media and the classroom. There are some stunning successes, but also some difficult cyber bullying narratives, what do you think about all of it?
We hope you are enjoying placement, and if you get the chance, see if you can grab a literacy planner. This might be  a whole year planner, a term planner, a monthly planner or even a weekly planner. A Gardinerâs Multiple Intelligences / Bloomâs Taxonomy / VCOP / CAFE or similar planner would be terrific. These are rich sources of literacy teaching thought, and will be something to help you in ECL410 next year,
good luck!
WEEK THREE REFLECTION
Over the past week we have been travelling so I have used many texts that I wouldnât usually. The list I have come up with is:
Read the newspaper, read a magazine, read maps and signage to get around in a different country, written and read emails, written an assignment - real assignment outline and rubric, read blogs, communicated via Facebook and Messenger, received and sent text messages, read documents online and started a book called One Kick by Chelsea Cain, searched property and houses for sale on Realestate.com and read forms for work.Â
This list was hard to compile and Iâm sure there are hundreds of other ways that I have made meaning from different text types over the last week. The most common source I use is Messenger and I do this to communicate with my friends on a daily basis. I also spend alot of time reading and enjoy finding a new novel that I can dive into.Â
Multi-literacies.
For this weeks reflection I would like you to make a list of all the different ways you have made meaning from text, in the last week.
Personally, to name a few, I have read The Age on-line, written and read emails, I communicated with an old-friend on Facebook, I have had text messages from friends and family, I Â have read a graphic novel, called Sisters by Raina Telgemeier. I also read a few chapters of a novel by Thomas Keneally, I looked at a sports catalogue, read a newspaper, read a scoreboard, read a smart board and I have used numerous other different source of text.
It is difficult to remember all the different types of reading i have done.
This week please reflect on the main types of texts you read, what are your most common sources, is it blogs, emails, text messages, or rather novels, magazines and text books. Whatever it is please let us know what you are reading,
regards
the ECL310 team.
WEEK TWO REFLECTION
A prediction activity that I would use for the text Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth would be to ask my students to record their ideas, including thoughts and emotions that arise during them viewing and analysing the front cover of this text. I would ask them to have a look at the cover and then get them to share their ideas and create a mind map on the board of their answers. Using this mind map as a resource I would then get the students to write a small prediction in their books about what they think the text is about and how it may start. Once they have done this I would read them the first chapter of the book and then get them to go back and see how accurate their predictions were. I would then ask them to write another small prediction about how they think the next chapter would go after hearing the beginning of the text.
Short Listed for the 2015 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers.
Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth, Random House Australia isbn:9780857984739
Welcome to the week two prompt.
We have read many of your responses to the first prompt and we are thrilled with the lovely reflections many of you have posted - thank you!
This week we are going to use the cover of one of the books selected in the 2015 Childrenâs Book Council Awards. It is Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth.
For your reflection this week we want you to think of a prediction activity you could do, just using the cover. The cover has graphics and text, you can use either or both. We only want an idea, a thought, for a ten to fifteen minute activity. You can record your thought on video, or use audio record on a device. You might download a copy of the cover and add post-its with prediction questions on it. Or you can simply just write your thoughts. of what you might do if you were about to start reading this middle years text.
You may like to read Winch text book p92-94 if you are unsure of what a prediction tasks is, Winch explains further the reading comprehension approaches of Inferring, Predicting and Before Reading strategies.
Remember to add in the hashtag at the end of your reflections.
#ecl3102016 and also #ecl310prompt2
