Saturday, 4 February 2012

We have MacBooks!

The children have enjoyed the MacBooks this week.  They have learnt to unplug them from the laptop trolley, start them up, log on, use the Bookmarks bar to access our Blog and find a link, shut down and put the computers back on charge.

MacBooks are a little different to PC laptops.  They have a trackpad not a touch pad and it operates slightly differently.  The trickiest part is scrolling up and down.  You use two fingers and pretend you are stroking a pet up and down.  Most children have now mastered these new routines and techniques.

On Friday we had over 1000 hits on our blog!  The class were very excited about this and are referring to the hits as 'our fans'.  I have added a map to see where our visitors are coming from. We have had our first international visitor today.  Several teachers from interstate are regular visitors.  I visit many other classroom blogs from around the world to gain new ideas.
















9 comments:

  1. Dear 2T
    We have just seen the video showing 2T using the MacBooks. It looks like a lot of fun. We also liked the song and pictures that Ms Taylor used in the video. We saw that on the map of visitors there was even a visitor to the blog from London.How exciting!
    From
    Hannah S and Mum

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  2. Dear 2T and Mrs Taylor,

    thank you very much for the video! The children seem excited about the Macbook! I hope you are having a nice day and learning a lot!
    Regards,
    Veronika

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  3. Dear Miss Taylor and 2T,
    The Macbook video is great. There are so many fun ways to learn. Everyone looks like they had an enjoyable time. I can't wait to read what you're all going to do next.I know it will be fun.
    Theo's mum, Maria.

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  4. Dear 2T,

    What a fantastic blog! It's great to see what you are all doing. Great job.. I'm excited to keep watching for more updates. Thank you Ms Taylor and kids. I'm definitely a fan!

    From Kath Hazell (Percy's Mum)

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  5. Hi 2T
    Hope you are still enjoying your MacBooks. You are very lucky to have so many of them!
    Did you know that Callum has got lots of family in New Zealand? His parents grew up there. If you look on your blog map you will see that you had a few visitors from New Zealand in the weekend. Are there any students in your class who were born in a different country or have family overseas as well?
    Callum's Mum

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  6. Niamh has family in the United States.
    Freya has family in Hungary.
    Hannah B's Mum comes from China.
    Xavier has cousins in New Zealand.
    Kate's Mum is from Italy.
    Luka's Mum is from Croatia.
    Imogen's cousins are from Panama.
    Ethan's Dad comes from Russia.
    Zoe's Dad comes from Ireland.
    Nicholas' Grandparents come from Greece.

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    1. Wow! That is a lot of different countries.I wonder if some of your relatives will also look at your blog?
      Callum's mum

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    2. Madonna Joseph's Mum14 February 2012 at 07:59

      Joseph has family in the Unites States and England. We've asked Joseph's cousins from Massachusetts to have a look at 2T's blog. Even though they are not Chinese they go to a Chinese school where everything is taught in Chinese except English!! Madonna - Joseph's Mum

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  7. Hey 2T!
    You guys are really lucky to have Macbooks! I wish I had one to play with too. Finn has friends (Rami) in Tanzania and we will be on hol's with them in March (in australia though, not Tanzania!) and they help with a school in Ikarut http://maasaiwanderings.com/projects.shtml We are going to see if they would like to also look at your blog and see if they have a blog you can look at too! so maybe you can get some visitors from Africa?
    Cheers,
    Finn's Dad

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