Computer Games

Last week's session was all about computer games. We were based in the media suite and played games. We played on the Wii - hula hooping and balancing. We had a go at the horseriding game on the XBox Connect, which was really cool. The DS was a little frustrating as it didn't understand my voice or my handwriting so kept giving me wrong answers when I was in fact right!!! Not that I'm bitter.

Prince of Persia looked like it would be a good game, but I couldn't quite hear the narrative so didn't really know what I was supposed to be doing. Still all in all it was a good session and has made me want to dust down the Wii at home and get on with my hula hooping!!

End of Reading Week!!!

Reading Week has just about finished, but I've managed to do quite a bit of work, as well as enjoy myself in Center Parcs with the kids and hubby, so it was a lot of fun. My printer has run out of ink so I can't print off anything that I've done, will have to do it in the library tomorrow. Also, I've forgotten to put one of my references in my reference list and have already taken the book back to the library, so will have to do that tomorrow as well. However, now it is time for wine!!! Hurrray!

ICT Today

I've just quickly stuffed a toffee cake at the back of the IT room (and yes, I did have breakfast!!!) but I needed a sugar rush.

We're doing 'gaming' again today. Gwyn is just about to attempt the 'apple game'. I bet it's not going to be as good as 'two-man frogger' - an old favourite of mine.

Tuesday's Debate

We've just had a very difficult maths lecture, all about prime numbers and the Fibonnaci code, which was very difficult indeed (for me anyway!!).

Now we are about to start our debate on whether computer games should be used in education or not.

We've now just had our debate which was quite eventful. Our team was debating for the "Yes - They Should be Used in Schools" - which we did win. It was very stressful however.

Weekend

Hello, I had a very busy weekend with the kids. Carys has managed to convince us that she does perhaps need a DS. Steff & I were determined that she was going to have to wait until she was a bit older but having seen her write her name and draw pictures I think that she is now ready. I've chatted with Mandy today in ICT and she has pointed out the value of some of these games.

Year 2 - Term 2

I'm finally getting stuck in to my second year. Juggling family life and Uni life still takes quite a lot of planning and organisation, but with a lot of help from my family I can usually get around it.

I'm starting the Young Reading Dragons tomorrow and although I am a little apprehensive, I am really looking forward to it. I've been to the library in Port Talbot and have selected the books that I am going to read with the children.

Unfortunately, I can no longer attend the BETT trip to London this Thursday & Friday, which I am very disappointed about but hopefully there will be another one in the future that I can go on.

Back To It!!!

Well Christmas is over, another new term & I'm already excited about the summer.

Glogs

Well today in ICT Anna and I had a go at our first Glog. It went incredibly well; our topic was Pregnancy and we had some nice pictures and links. Unfortunately it didn't save and we lost it all. I'm going to try to recreate at home.

Animation

Today I had my first attempt at animation using ICT which was a lot of fun, although my artwork was pretty rubbish. I'm definitely going to have a play with the 2d-animation at home

Managing My Time

At the end of the Uni week before Reading Week is on us, I"ve managed to put my notes in order and write down what I've got to do over Reading Week. It's not so daunting now that I've got them a bit more organised as I was panicking that I wouldn't be able to get it all done and have enough time with my kids.

Reflection on the week

I feel that I've managed to achieve quite a bit this week. On Monday I met up with Anna and Nikita so that we could work on our group presentation for our Concepts Project.

I created a chart which Nikita is going to edit for us. Anna looked at some of the Theories that can be used for our presentation and together we were able to come up with some good ideas for our presentation.

I've been making good use of the library and have borrowed some books that can be used for the 2 assignments that we have been given.

ICT 28th October

Today I was working with Anna and Jan creating our own Wiki on the History of Computer Technology in Schools since 2004. We all Googled and found various websites which gave information on how computer technology changes at such a rapid pace. Jan and Anna were primarily involved in finding the necessary websites and my role was to create the wiki page and type in the information that we found.

REFLECTIVE THOUGHTS

Since I've started 'blogging' for my course BA Educational Studies, I've managed to add a picture of myself (albeit not a very good one) and have done a few posts. I do need to make a few changes to my blog page, ie layout etc and need to write a little bit about myself to make it more interesting. With a bit of practice, hopefully I'll become a natural at this!!!

Still Getting Used to Blogging!!!

I'm having a good old play around with the computer at home, trying out Office Live, Skylive and also Blogging. I do think that with a bit of practice I will find it a really useful tool but it still feels strange writing about what I'm doing at the moment.

Reflective Learning

First Attempt At Blogging

Today I had my first go at "blogging". For someone who does not use Facebook or any of the computer networking sites this is all rather strange.