19 June 2011
Now was the time
20/Jun/11 20:04 Filed in: Quest
Now was the time I thought to bring both groups Quest 1 and 2 together, and so, in the previous session, they all looked at each other suspiciously across a large table in Heather's art room. How about sharing what you have been doing? OK, they admitted, they were curious. So, each watched the slideshows of the journeys undertaken, then had to give feedback as to "what was the story"???? A heated quick art critical review took place and things got more focused. Then all sixteen were let loose on technology. OMG I thought I was seeing double. Voice being recorded on my Zoom 4, a fleet of iMacs, IPads, drawings, cartoons, mapping of ideas. Blimey, I thought, is this what it is like to be a REAL teacher. I should have had an armful of lesson plans. Suddenly, in the flash of double vision, some of the lads were teaching others had to use the techno kit, others were sharing ideas, whilst stories were being Worded up, prof standard slideshows edited and fantastic cartoons penned. I calmed down. How the heck am I going to bring this together I thought, then next day, when muttering to dear friend and writer and fellow creative collaborator Hilds, she said get on Blogger, go local, regional, national and international. What if other schools did a Quest too? What would their mascot be? Suddenly, the vision was swimming again, but this time, quite pleasantly. And so it was one day of gluing myself to my own iMac, WestburyQuest was born and the art of blogging it awaits its launch. I can't wait to let the lads loose on its pages and allow its shiny virtual digital platform to bring together this amazing adventure and all the genius let loose into the wilds of Westbury.