Building Niche Virtual Communities

A Magic Technological Garden

Posted in Building Niche Communities by Heather Blakey on August 6th, 2007

“Cover Design: The Magic Garden
a response to a visual activity in the Magic Garden Project

Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

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Working together! Grade 6 Hawkesdale
The Magic Garden

THE MAGIC GARDEN

The Magic Garden is a project designed to show educators and their students how good curriculum can be delivered and the outcomes published, using new technology such as blogs, writeboard, photo board and many other exciting applications.

Cora Zon, a professional storyteller and Heather Blakey, an experienced web publisher and webmaster of the Soul Food Cafe, work collaboratively and demonstrate how educators can marry the ancient craft of storytelling, apply current curriculum and publish using state of the art blogging software. Cora tells the enchanting Kazakha story of the ‘The Magic Garden’ while Heather Blakey delivers a curriculum package that climaxes with self publication on a constellation of Global Teacher, Global Student blogs. Watch, in wonder, at the way this virtual garden is growing as staff, students and the wider community contribute by responding to the activities within the Magic Garden Project.

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