Comments for Tom's School Desk

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Naya

Naya — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:10:18 +0000

Hello,

these are beautiful pictures, many congratulations to you both for the new addition, Amelia is looking gorgious. wish you both all the best
Naya

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Terri Beggs

Terri Beggs — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:39:44 +0000

Beautiful!! Congratulation Natalie & Tom and welcome to the world your gorgeous little daughter Amelia Eileen, I love her name and it suits her already. You all look wonderful, a very special time.
Love and best wishes
Terri

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Demelza and Scott

Demelza and Scott — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:38:52 +0000

Wonderful news to hear – Congratulations to you both! Well done Natalie!! We look forward to meeting our family’s new edition in November. Hugs and kisses to Amelia – can’t wait to me her!! Lots of love to you both xox

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Laura Nackashian

Laura Nackashian — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:52:50 +0000

Wow Tom and Nat,
A BIG congratulations on the birth of your beautiful girl. What a lovely name (was also one of our choices).
Cherish these early days and enjoy every moment because they grow up so fast.
All the best as you prepare to bring her home.
Congratulations once again.
Vick, Laura, Alex and Katia Nackashian
xxxx

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Craig

Craig — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:28:51 +0000

Great photos of you all what a wonderful time enjoy every moment.

Comment on Voicethread in the Classroom – Getting Started by Barb Cumming

Barb Cumming — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:01:48 +0000

Tom when you are back in the land of the living, we must talk classroom technologies.. I do a lot of hte same at uni level.. Interestnig to see what different technologies are out there.. But that’s for another time and day!

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Barb, Andy, Charlotte & Jess

Barb, Andy, Charlotte & Jess — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:52:54 +0000

Congratulations Tom & nat on teh safe arrival of Amelia.

Kris pointed me to your blog so happy to see some pics..

Congratulations again,
Love Cumming family

Comment on Baby has arrived!! Amelia Eileen Wursthorn by Annette

Annette — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:57:25 +0000

“A baby was created by the hand of God above,
to give the world the sweetest touch of
tenderness and love.”

Comment on Kahootz 3 – Starting points by Celia

Celia — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:27:45 +0000

Thanks Tom,
The ‘teach’er friendly aspect is an important one. No point having tools there that no-one wants to use because it is too complex or not well resourced.
Celia

Comment on Kahootz 3 – Starting points by Tom Wursthorn

Tom Wursthorn — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:12:33 +0000

Hi Celia
Thanks for the comment. Alice Storytelling (http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/download.html) is probably closer to compare with Kahootz 3 into terms of simplicity and ease of use. (as opposed to Alice.org, little more complex)
I have not used Storytelling Alice extensively so I can’t make an in depth comment, however as you will see from the link above Storytelling Alice is in limited release\support.
I like Kahootz 3 because it is fairly intuitive in its interface and it reasonably easy to get something up and running. Also Kahootz 3 has a great teaching resource that helps support the learning of the software. Instruction materials are clearly set out and can used as reading activities within literacy time as a way of teaching chn the skills needed to use the tool. This should not be understated given the crowed curriculum we are currently working within.