Grouping Activity

Today we used a range of images as prompts for students to make connections. These connection may be connecting to each other as people, connecting items to their experiences, connecting items to their thoughts, connecting items to their lens on the world. The great thing about this activity is that there are no wrong answers. It was very interesting and insightful to get a glimpse into the student's thoughts. Thank you Room 21 for sharing your thoughts.

For this task I created a 5 x 5 grid of a range of images. Some are random items, some have specific connections to individual class members, some are related to the interests of the class. Students were asked to group these items and explain why they were grouped this way. Here are some of the student's responses.

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Chinese Language Week - Day 2 - Tuesday

In researching how to write Tuesday in "Chinese" I was aware there are at least 3 languages including Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin. It's not as straight forward as that. Earlier, I chose a translation that I thought was dragon in a class activity today. The fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speakers in my class did not recognise the symbol. I was embarrassed that I had made a mistake which is one of the pitfalls of cross-cultural analysis. There are always positive outcomes for every situation and we were able to have a discussion about where the symbol may have originated. Another positive outcome is that I am extremely aware of my cultural limitations. So this will result in me asking more questions, seeking more input from experts in our class and in the community. As you can see, I was not confident enough in what I found on the internet to use it in my blog title. An opportunity for further learning. One of the challenges this week is to; LEARN - the signs o...

Tennis

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Problem Solving and Building things

One of our tasks for EOTC Week was to set a building goal, work as a team to problem solve to achieve our building goals. We also spent some time problem solving as individuals. Miss Laxa set 4 tasks based on a television show from both the Philippines and USA. One task was to balance a can on it's side by altering the water levels. Other tasks include catching ping pong balls in cups, building a domino style track using CD cases and directing a balloon using only an air pump.

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