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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Roland, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting comments about Kahootz coming up in
this forum. We have included Kahootz in the 7-9 IT Curriculum- Greg Bowden
has written a tutorial that covers the basics and advanced features of the
program and news is it's a real hit. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm working on Blender at Year 10 level (very
advanced Kahootz for serious gamer nerds)- which the kids have found to
be a very steep learning curve. But they're starting to get into the
interface- after 4 weeks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The latest Mac Power Pointless program is a much
better animal than the old one- many more interesting features than used to be
the case. Although I was very impressed with a student presentation using
Lotus Notes. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Zach Alexakos, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nth Geelong SC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rge@westallsc.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:rge@westallsc.vic.edu.au">Roland Gesthuizen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=yr7-10it@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:yr7-10it@edulists.com.au">'Year 7 - 10 Information Technology
Teachers' Mailing List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Yr7-10it] Kahootz in
Secondary Schools</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I set myself the
challenge of trying to doing something with Kahootz on my laptop in 40 min on
a cold and late train-ride home from the city with no training, no
instructions and minimal ideas about where to start etc. Twas easy enough to
figure out and this was the product (Kahootz needed to view). Have since
explored it further with some year 9's. Has anybody else had a play in the
sand pit?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It probably has some
scope to replace the 'PowerPointless' activities that some colleagues inflict
on students in other learning disciplines. They can expect students to already
have had some exposure to Kahootz as they bubble up from the
primary.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Regards Roland<BR><BR>--<BR>Roland
Gesthuizen - eLearning Coordinator - <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Westall</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Secondary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType><BR><A
href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</A><BR> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Missen, Stephen
J<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 20 July
2005 11:40 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 07-10 IT
Mailing List ex Forest Hill; IPM Mailing List ex Forest Hill<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Yr7-10it] Kahootz in Secondary
Schools</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
all</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Had a query from Peter Maggs
(Australian Children's Television Foundation - producers of
Kahootz)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He is looking for schools/teachers
who have got their teeth into using Kahootz in a Secondary
School.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">They are wanting to get some
examples of good practice in its usage with a view to having Schools
Television (DE&T) make a program of this with some location shoots (at
your schools).</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is there anyone out there who
thinks they may be having some success at implementing Kahootz in their
school(s) who would be prepared to have Schools TV shoot some footage of their
classrooms and the work that their kids are doing with
Kahootz?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please direct replies/ further
queries to me (<A
href="mailto:missen.stephen.j@edumail.vic.gov.au">missen.stephen.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>)
or Peter Maggs (<A
href="mailto:peter.maggs@actf.com.au">peter.maggs@actf.com.au</A>) rather thay
hitting the reply button/link on your email client and "bombarding" these
lists with your responses. Hopefully, we will get a few positive ones :)
wishing to take up this opportunity.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steve
MISSEN</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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