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Reflection Two

Natalie, the awesome transcript drew my eye to this reflection about the spade.  The boys were certainly engaged in the use of low technology being the spade. 

Working together as a team, using communication effectively to make an experience an achievable goal they were heading towards.  Taking the led in their own learning experience and problem solving where necessary to get the job done quicker.  Great to see children in the outdoor environment engaging in physical activity that promotes gross motor skills.  Sometimes we forget that there are many different types of technologies that can be used and with our world becoming such a fast pace one often take the outdoors for granted.

The sandpit I feel is always an area of curriculum that children are drawn to.  I hope this does not change with the way the world is heading using high technologies, it could soon be one area of play that fades out.



Reflection Three

Natalie, your awesome photograph of this lovely piece of artwork drew my eye to this reflection straight away.  Beautiful colours and design work in shimmering effects.

I think the photocopier is a little piece of magic for children especially as mentioned in your reflection it made S feel so much better that she could still have a physical piece of her art work.  Processing her thoughts clearly showed that she was able to problem solve the issue of somehow being able to take her art work home still.  Smorti states that "technology is about helping people and solving problems" (Smorti, 1999).

All children want to take their end products home of what they make during the day and I loved how you explained that her special piece of art work as for a large wall display.  Providing the use of technology for S to photocopy her artwork and letting her use the machine herself was a great teaching strategy in taking her mind off from the fact that she wasn't able to take her original artwork home.