We've been thrilled with the response that we've had and the
connections that have been made with our Quadblogging buddies. One of
the tasks that we've set ourselves was to learn more about the towns and
schools that we've been working with. We searched for a program and
settled on Quiz Revoultion. We loved the features of it. When the
students of Room Five were creating the Quiz about different places we
spoke about reliable information and details, and making sure our
information was correct. We've had huge success with our Tawa
Intermediate/Wellington Quiz - according to our stats we've had over 500
people sit the Quiz since we first posted it online last Friday.But there was a problem. It turned itself into a teaching point and lesson in class on Friday. Levi and Nathan H's Quiz Revoultion stated that there was a swimming pool at Tawa Intermediate School. We received feedback from students of Tawa Intermediate pretty
Firstly we asked Levi permission to discuss his mistake in class. We then looked at what process he had undertaken. Firstly Levi said that he'd used a Google search to determine that Tawa Intermediate had a pool. We asked if it could be re-created and Levi said no. We had a positive discussion about this and what we could infer from Levi's statement. Levi responded by saying that he read online that Tawa Intermediate had a swimming competition, as they had posted the results online on their webpage, he inferred that this had meant that the had a swimming pool onsite, and Levi to his credit admitted that he hadn't confirmed this, he had made an assumption.
Its been a great lesson for our class - we need to ensure always that we are checking information that we gather online so that we can justify what we say, and if there is any doubt then we should be able to back it up. When Josh and Harry went live with their Quiz Revoultion Christchurch/Selywn House School there was a question about the School Pig (that has even been made an enviro agent!) some of the students who answered the quiz said that there wasn't a pig at the school! But Josh had done his homework and had the link to back it up! Another great Quadblogging Aotearoa Experience
