We are hoping to broadcast every lunchtime (12.30-1.30)The following link will let you listen to our program -
http://10.250.112.92:8000/listen.m3u
When you click on this link, it should open up iTunes in your computer and you will soon hear us on there. If you have songs or requests come over to MoTEC and let us know about them - or comment here on our blog.
If you are not in the school, then you need to try using this address:
http://202.49.21.201:8000/listen.m3u
Please let us know if it works.
Educating Todays Innovators for Tomorrows Future.
MoTEC is attached to Parklands School in Motueka at the top of the South Island, New Zealand. Each week 400 year 7 and 8 students from the surrounding schools come to MoTEC for an up-to-date, exciting and varied technology programme.
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
My Amazing Bag!
I need a flap bag to carry my school gear to school, this will help me because my bag is getting old.
I will sew a flap bag with camo and a black flap with a yellow Rockstar logo.
Sewing my flap was what I did best, and next time i need to improve on sewing the sides.
My bag helped me carry my gear to school
:)
By George
I will sew a flap bag with camo and a black flap with a yellow Rockstar logo.
Sewing my flap was what I did best, and next time i need to improve on sewing the sides.
My bag helped me carry my gear to school
:)
By George
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Starting a Student Radio Station
Written by Laiana & Eva (MSS school)
The year 8 students from Motueka South School have been creating music clips for the MOTEC radio station. We are still deciding on a name. Your input will be much appreciated!
Click here to take our radio station name survey
We have created a poll for a Top Ten countdown that you can vote on for your favorite song. We also made a sign at MOTEC that has been placed on the notice board asking you what your ideas are on a name. Our idea was "Vibration." Laiana and Eva have been busy creating an introduction song.
Click here to take Top 10 survey (Created by Laiana & Eva).
The year 8 students from Motueka South School have been creating music clips for the MOTEC radio station. We are still deciding on a name. Your input will be much appreciated!
Click here to take our radio station name survey
We have created a poll for a Top Ten countdown that you can vote on for your favorite song. We also made a sign at MOTEC that has been placed on the notice board asking you what your ideas are on a name. Our idea was "Vibration." Laiana and Eva have been busy creating an introduction song.
Click here to take Top 10 survey (Created by Laiana & Eva).
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Cybersafety - MoTEC on Close Up
It's important to discuss this issue when doing ICT stuff with kids. MoTEC / Parklands children were filmed in early March by TV1 and featured on Close-up - here is the footage about using chat rooms safely.
This is a really good video for starting a discussion about cybersafety too.
Unconference Lesson on Gimp for Teachers
On March 31, Kate will give a class for other teachers showcasing one of the lessons involved in the ICT unit we teach at MoTEC for Year 8 students. Detailed notes and explanations are given in the student workbook, so that they may take it home and practice. About 50% of the students in each class download gimp and practice at home.
Click on the links below to download your own version of the:
student workbook instructions
teacher notes with technology curriculum objectives
Intro lesson to layers - Holiday photos:
Click on the links below to download your own version of the:
student workbook instructions
teacher notes with technology curriculum objectives
How to airbrush - take out those troublesome blemishes:
Intro lesson to layers - Holiday photos:
Raw pictures used to take out the background using magic wand.
Kids choose a location where they would like to go.
The final version looks something like this:
An example of a merged image using layers in Gimp - 2nd lesson using layer masks.
Final version of a student's calendar.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Animation lessons
Many of the Year 7 students have started the year off learning in the media room - learning how to make their own animated advertisement. The students' brief requires them to create an advertisement for a "revolting" product. They look at successful advertisements and use similar techniques to draw in their target audience.
Students from Lower Moutere school using green screens and toys to create a short animated clip.
Students from Lower Moutere school using green screens and toys to create a short animated clip.
Advertisements from Mapua School students
Modified Recipes - Year 7 Classes
As a finale to thier time in Food Technology, Year 7 students create an original recipe. They use one of the recipes that they have made in previous lessons and then modify it to meet the health needs of someone whom they identify. For example, they may wish to modify a pizza recipe to make it suitable for a vegetarian who is gluten intolerant.
We have created this post so that the students can enter and edit thier recipes online using Google docs. This is a work in progress....
Teachers - please remember to turn off the editing rights for your class once the lesson is finished.
Mapua - Meeka's class
Parklands Room 2 - Mr Barton's class
LMO - Mr Young's class
Mot. South - Mr Young's class
UMO - Mrs Wilson's class
Dovedale - Mrs Wilson's class
Mot South - Mr Young's class
We have created this post so that the students can enter and edit thier recipes online using Google docs. This is a work in progress....
Teachers - please remember to turn off the editing rights for your class once the lesson is finished.
Mapua - Meeka's class
Parklands Room 2 - Mr Barton's class
LMO - Mr Young's class
Mot. South - Mr Young's class
UMO - Mrs Wilson's class
Dovedale - Mrs Wilson's class
Mot South - Mr Young's class
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Researching the Antarctic using Google Docs
Welcome Room 4!
Today we are going to start off using the Our Far South website to undertake some research on the area from Stewart Island to Antarctica
- How to ask meaningful questions and research the answers on the internet
- Taking short notes and noting the source of the information (to be used in the bibliography later)
- Recording our research in a collaborative group document, using google docs
- How to share our research on our class blog
Group Research
We will split into 3 main research areas.
2.
Click on the group document that you have been assigned:
1. Biodiversity: The rich animal and plant life and why it is important.
2.
3. The Race for resources: How is the southern ocean and Antarctica governed, and what
are the impacts of activities like fishing and tourism?
Click on the group document that you have been assigned:
Criteria for Research
Use at least 3 different websites to help answer the questions that you have asked. Try to find websites which look at your issue from different angles.
For example - if you were looking at the issue of Japanese whaling in Antarctica - you might want to look at why the Japanese continue to do it, even when whaling has been banned. Look at a protest organisations' websites like Greenpeace as well.
Use at least 3 different websites to help answer the questions that you have asked. Try to find websites which look at your issue from different angles.
For example - if you were looking at the issue of Japanese whaling in Antarctica - you might want to look at why the Japanese continue to do it, even when whaling has been banned. Look at a protest organisations' websites like Greenpeace as well.
Monday, 5 March 2012
Up, up and away
Year 8 students at MoTEC have been travelling around the world, taking holiday snaps... all for FREE! Below are some of their pictures, edited using Gimp.
Edward - Upper Moutere
Graham - Upper Moutere
Jesse - Riwaka
Molly - Riwaka
Shawn - Upper Moutere
Tangiwai - Tasman Bay Christian
Daniel - Mot South School
Eva - Mot South school
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Project Food unit
Our Year 7 students have been creating recipes in the foods room. Below are some comments from their work by Parklands students.
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