Christmas greetings from Akureyri

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Christmas greetings

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The Hour of Code in Brekkuskoli

We did The Hour of Code today in the NordPlus group in Brekkuskoli. The students wrote their own computer program and had fun while doing it.

You can go to code.org and try yourself

Meeting in Akureyri - in pictures

Watch it full-screen to have better quality

Norwegian students want to show you everyday life in Hjelmeland school.

Iceland visit October 2014.

Free time activities in Latvia

This is our video about free time activities that are popular among students in Aizkraukle.
The parts of the video were filmed by many members of the team, then the video was put together by Igors.

Latvian team 2014

Here we are - the students who will be working on the project this year. Icelandic students will meet four of them in the project meeting in Akureyri on October 14.
This time we used selfies!

Photovisi is a great tool but it leaves a watermark on the collage. Here is another collage made with Picture2life tool. The same selfies!

Facts about Hjelmeland

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/573468974856011776

Hello from the Nordplus ladies in Norway -we wish all the students from Latvia and Iceland a nice stay in Akureyri!

Nordplus visit- Nice view and hiking in Norway

A presentation of Hjelmeland school

Freetime activities in Hjelmeland, Norway

Free time activities in Iceland

Nordplus group from Iceland.

These are the students from Iceland, who are going to welcome you to Akureyri.

We are very excited to meet you. We are planning your visit now, and we're going to do so many fun things together. For an exampel we are going to eat delicious food together and visit some cool places

We hope you'll enjoy your visit here and we can't wait to see you.

- Eygló and Gígja.

Making a video presentation about the needs in the Restitution Self Discipline theory

The whole 7th grade in Brekkuskoli worked in groups making a video presentation. We used the first week of school to learn more about the needs. The groups had to make a script of the video before they got the I-pads to work with.  Before we started to film we all got a course in the application Videostar from girls in the 7th grade. After the groups were done they delivered the videoclip to a group of students who then edited it to one videoclip. Then the students showed it to all the parents and we are also sending it to Canada to Diane Gossen the founder of the program Restitution Self Dicipline. 

Learning how to use Smartbord and Kahoot in Hjelmeland

In the visit to Hjelmeland we got to see how the school is using Smartbord in the classroom.

And we also got to try it ourselves. 

Here is Margret trying some english program with the 2nd grade.

We also learned about a new program called Kahoot.

Here we can se it used in mathematic in the 10th grade.

The visit to Hjelmeland

Using Facetime to communicate.

The students in Brekkuskoli used Facetime to be in the classroom with us in the 7th grade in Hjelmeland.

Afterwards the students could talk in small groups.

The Norwegian students showing the students in Iceland the good weather in Hjelmeland and then the students in Iceland had to show them all the snow in Akureyri. 

 

 

Using technology in the classroom in Brekkuskoli

Using live communication to communicate with other schools in Akureyri.

We also used Todaysmeet to write the things that were said if the other schools did not hear it in the broadcast or wanted to use it later that day.

Using Nearpod on the I-pads to learn about the independece of Iceland in the 8th grade.

At first the teacher made a Nearpod assignment then some of of the students also made some to teach other students about different kind of things regarding the history of Jon Sigurdsson.

 

Programing on the webside code.org

Memories from Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock)

Using thinglink to show some more of Norway and remember good days together this spring!

Finishing the first year

The last school month has started and soon we will all go on our summer holidays. Before we part, here is the last update about what has happened in Aizkraukle during April and May.

Latvian teachers did some learning too, not only students! Teacher Baiba taught them how to use Kahoot for game-based learning. She learned about this tool in Norway and has been using it since. Great tool, and students love it!

There was a school event in April where the students had to tell about their work and show the results of what they had done during this school year.

The main speakers for Nordplus group were Evelina, Adriana and Anna (sitting at the computer). The students showed the website and presented all the videos they had made.
















Finally, there is a new collage of our lovely group. This is how they look now. Have you already learned their names? You will meet some of them in autumn in Iceland!

E-book about Hjelmeland

An e-book about the teachers' visit to Hjelmeland, Norway, with thanks to Norwegian teachers and students!
Watch it fullscreen for a better result.

Hello from Latvia!

While the teachers were at the meeting in Norway, Anna made another video presentation of their team, so watch it and get ready to meet them!





Below is a short animation about Latvia and Aizkraukle to give you a bit of an idea what we are like.

Brekkuskóli, introduction video

Video about Brekkuskóli. It was made by girls in the 8th grade, Edda Kristín, Unnur Lilja, Heba Karítas, Katrín and Lóa. They made it all by them selves, they used I-pads to film it and I-movie to edit it.

Enjoy

 

We finally got visitors from Latvia and Iceland! :-)

Applications are ready!

Latvian students are SERIOUSLY working on their applications for going to Iceland.
Take a look at what Igors has created - it is a video application! Do you want to meet him?

Our project on PowToon

Rainers created a cool animated video about our project. He used the tool PowToon which is very popular in the world.
Are you interested?

Turn on the sound!

Video about Aizkraukle school

Finally we finished making a video about our school! It has many faults and it is far from perfect but we are proud of the result.
Editing was done by Igors, filming was done by Kristine and Rainers, and all the others took part in discussions about the content.

Please, watch it and write comments!

Logo

One day we tried making a project logo. We think that every project should have a logo.
It was a hard task as students had never done it before. After many attempts Evelina made a logo that looked quite nice.
You can see it below.

What do you think?

Do you want to try making another logo so that we can choose the best one for the project?

7th grade using the interactive image program Thinglink

Using Thinglink in danish

We got the app for Thinglink on the I-pads and used Airserver to show it to the whole class.

7th graders using Thinglink in geography

We used both the app for Thinglink on the I-pads and the program online on the PC.

Presentation of Akureyri.

Enter the links below to learn more about Akureyri and surroundings.

Made by Katrín and Heba students in the 8th grade in Brekkuskóli with the interactive image 
program Thinglink.

Have fun.

Location of the town
Our school, Brekkuskóli
Old houses in Akureyri
Culture house and more
Shoppingmalls in Akureyri
Schools in Akureyri
Swimmingpools in Akureyri
The duck pool next to our school
Ski resorts in Akureyri
Cinemas in Akureyri
Early festival in August in Akureyri
The forest in Akureyri
The famous Christmas house in Eyjafjörður
Some restaurants in Akureyri
The collages in Akureyri
Sport halls in Akureyri
Some big grocery stores in Akureyri
Islands that belong to Akureyri.
Churches in Akureyri
Fitness centers in Akureyri