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[9:02] You: have a look at what we've built juust now
[9:02] Student001 Meredith: oky
[9:07] Student001 Meredith: thanks
[9:07] You: mic?
[9:08] Student001 Meredith: my speakers wont work .. but new speakers are on their way right now but i dnt know if they will get here on time
[9:08] You: lol
[9:08] You: can you hear me?
[9:08] Student001 Meredith: 2 secs
[9:08] You: text chat for now then?
[9:08] You: ok
[9:08] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:09] You: touch the cube
[9:09] You: offered web sites?
[9:10] Student001 Meredith: vScotEd.com ?
[9:10] You: ok - our lesson transcript will be posted there right after our session - OK
[9:10] Student001 Meredith: on the cube ?
[9:10] Student001 Meredith: so can i save it to the computer then ?
[9:10] You: yeah
[9:10] You: cut and paste
[9:10] Student001 Meredith: oky
[9:10] You: ill create notecards, prepared more structured notes as per our sessions
[9:11] You: remember - very few people are doiiung this
[9:11] You: I start Edinburgh course on 7th jan
[9:11] Student001 Meredith: goood
[9:11] You: close reading ok?
[9:11] Student001 Meredith: yes
[9:11] You: i have macbeth - hang on, follow me
[9:12] You: you wed thu fri
[9:12] Student001 Meredith: thanks
[9:12] You: one cost
[9:12] You: it really will be helpful if we get 2x pairs
[9:13] You: collaborative learning
[9:13] Student001 Meredith: i cnt do next wednesday its our christmas dance
[9:13] You: lol
[9:13] You: monday evening or thursday
[9:13] You: finished macbeth?
[9:15] You: im chopping up Macbeth - one of these classes will eventually have a remote control that you can use to navigate/watch any scene
[9:15] You: similarly, we'll have audio versions too
[9:15] Student001 Meredith: aww kl
[9:15] You: powerpoint presenter, notes etc - all in the same room
[9:16] You: you finished macbeth?
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[9:19] Student001 Meredith: yea thats great
[9:19] You: finihsed macbeth?
[9:19] Student001 Meredith: we r on the last scene
[9:20] Student001 Meredith: yea but i cnt clik it
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[9:21] You: see anything?
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[9:21] Student001 Meredith: yea it says freeview on the screen ?
[9:21] You: that tab not work?
[9:22] Student001 Meredith: no
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[9:22] Student001 Meredith: tahts there tho
[9:22] Student001 Meredith: **its there though
[9:23] You: right
[9:23] You: behind you
[9:24] Student001 Meredith: sorry
[9:24] You: remember our techniques
[9:24] You: look at all types - except U
[9:24] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:24] Student001 Meredith: 1b
[9:25] Student001 Meredith: how do i fly ?
[9:25] You: bottom
[9:25] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:25] You: 3d mindmap
[9:26] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:27] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:28] You: note card
[9:29] Student001 Meredith: it wont let me
[9:29] Student001 Meredith: taht it
[9:29] Student001 Meredith: **thats
[9:30] Student001 Meredith accepted your inventory offer.
[9:30] You: this is the way whereby we exchange/save notes
[9:30] Student001 Meredith: koool
[9:30] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:30] You: Q1b - STRUCTURE
[9:30] Student001 Meredith: not recently
[9:31] You: have u done this paper before?
[9:31] You: good
[9:31] Student001 Meredith: haha yea
[9:32] Student001 Meredith: 3b
[9:33] Student001 Meredith: 4
[9:33] Student001 Meredith: 7
[9:34] Student001 Meredith: can u repeat the please it cut off half way through what you were saying
[9:34] You: 3c - which type ?
[9:34] Student001 Meredith: aww a/u
[9:34] Student001 Meredith: **a/e
[9:35] Student001 Meredith: you hav gone really quiet
[9:35] Student001 Meredith: yea 4 then 7
[9:36] Student001 Meredith: i cant hear you properly
[9:36] Student001 Meredith: sort of
[9:36] You: question 7
[9:36] Student001 Meredith: annalysis
[9:36] You: which grid/cubes?
[9:37] Student001 Meredith: word choice, sentence structure, tone
[9:37] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:37] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:38] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:38] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:39] Student001 Meredith: what ?
[9:40] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:40] Student001 Meredith: its fine
[9:41] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:41] Student001 Meredith: iv learned so much more this year already than i did last year !
[9:41] Student001 Meredith: noo seriously !
[9:42] Student001 Meredith: could u reapeat that sorry
[9:42] You: how many marks for the first set of U questions
[9:43] Student001 Meredith: do u men like question 1 ?
[9:43] Student001 Meredith: or all the u questions together ?
[9:43] You: yup
[9:43] You: count the total U marks
[9:45] You: total U?
[9:45] Student001 Meredith: 16
[9:46] You: let's count the others
[9:46] Student001 Meredith: 14
[9:46] You: look at the mindmap
[9:47] Student001 Meredith: looks good
[9:48] You: remember - the red cube is always on
[9:48] You: blank sheet of paper - nothing
[9:48] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:49] You: this is paper1 questions
[9:50] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:50] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:50] Student001 Meredith: sorry
[9:51] Student001 Meredith: no
[9:52] Student001 Meredith: oky
[9:52] Student001 Meredith: kool
[9:52] Student001 Meredith accepted your inventory offer.
[9:53] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:53] Student001 Meredith: no its finee !
[9:53] You: excellent
[9:53] Student001 Meredith: il get used to walking around though
[9:53] You: more people - more learning simple
[9:53] You: also, we'd look at reduction in cost
[9:54] Student001 Meredith: oky
[9:54] Student001 Meredith: did u get the letter back ?
[9:54] You: you come in anytime - just let me know if anything isnt
[9:54] You: yeah - thanks
[9:54] You: if there's any problem with the blog - i can also email
[9:54] You: righty
[9:54] Student001 Meredith: yiip
[9:55] Student001 Meredith: koool
[9:55] Student001 Meredith: nooo
[9:55] You: not too jerky
[9:55] You: amazing
[9:55] You: any classmates interested?
[9:56] You: remember, send me suggestions
[9:56] Student001 Meredith: ill keep checking .. most r 2 interested in christmas
[9:56] You: lol
[9:56] You: after xmas there's prelims
[9:56] You: then May
[9:56] Student001 Meredith: yea that would be good
[9:56] Student001 Meredith: yea deffo
[9:56] Student001 Meredith: yea
[9:57] You: tomorrow evening?
[9:57] You: up to you?
[9:57] You: we'll have a librarian as well trying things out
[9:57] Student001 Meredith: can we leave it till next week if thats oky ?
[9:57] You: aye no proble,m
[9:58] You: but ill im you from here if/when I get macbeth
[9:58] You: anything/essays on macbeth die?
[9:58] You: due
[9:58] Student001 Meredith: not so far but im sure we wil coz we will finish it next week
[9:58] You: did i ever show you the exemplars from actual 2006 student sqa answers?
[9:59] You: show you how to answer all the questions?
[9:59] Student001 Meredith: im not 2 sure.. i dnt fink soo
[9:59] You: ok - main reason i picked 2006
[9:59] You: okdaokay
[9:59] Student001 Meredith: kool
[9:59] Student001 Meredith: yea kool
[9:59] Student001 Meredith: yea
[10:00] You: kool?
[10:00] Student001 Meredith: oky thats great thanks you !
[10:00] Student001 Meredith: i need 2 go pick up my sister so il talk next week that oky ?
[10:01] You: driving now?
[10:01] Student001 Meredith: yea eheheee
[10:01] You: u pass 1st time?
[10:01] Student001 Meredith: yiip
[10:01] You: well done!
[10:01] Student001 Meredith: thanks byee
[10:01] You: lets add higher english to that!
[10:01] Student001 Meredith is Offline

Higher English - Close Reading

[9:52] Student002 Meredith is Online
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[9:58] Student005 Meredith is Online
[9:58] You: we'll use TEXT and voice
[9:58] Student005 Meredith: ok
[9:59] You: http://vscoted.blogspot.com/
[9:59] You: did you BOTH receive that web address?
[9:59] You: before I start - tomorrow evening at 445
[9:59] Student005 Meredith: nope i didn't
[10:00] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:00] You: http://vscoted.blogspot.com/
[10:00] You: hear me?
[10:00] Student005 Meredith: not me
[10:00] You: loo at the question papers
[10:00] Student005 Meredith: kk
[10:01] You: main question types - U A E (ok, some A/E, etc)
[10:01] You: plain paper
[10:01] You: three circles
[10:01] You: in one U
[10:01] You: in other A
[10:02] You: in last E
[10:02] You: we're mindmapping the question
[10:02] You: NO TEXT - JUST the questions
[10:02] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:02] You: text changes - question types
[10:02] You: 25 out of 30 credit papers
[10:03] You: fly
[10:03] You: go thru and lets mindmap
[10:04] You: what type is question 1?
[10:04] Student005 Meredith: go through where
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[10:06] You: ok
[10:06] You: alicia you see ok?
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[10:06] Student005 Meredith: i can't read it
[10:07] You: zoom in using View->Mouselook
[10:07] Student005 Meredith: thank you
[10:07] You: kool
[10:07] Student005 Meredith: the first one is understanding. is that what you were asking
[10:08] You: A - 1b - []
[10:08] You: no just focus on the A types for now
[10:08] You: ok
[10:08] Student005 Meredith: kk
[10:09] You: four cubes
[10:09] You: when you get an A 2 things happen
[10:09] You: 1st - YOUR@RE not thinking about U
[10:09] You: U - WHAT is the writer saying, what's his argument....
[10:09] You: A - you go into GRID mode
[10:10] You: alicia can you hear?>
[10:10] Student005 Meredith: nope
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[10:10] You: look at the faraway powerpoint
[10:11] Feed Display 1.5: Requesting feed.
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[10:11] You: so as you read the question, some of the lights GO OUT
[10:12] You: question 1b - is an A
[10:12] You: which of the four boxes can we extinguish/put out
[10:13] You: Question 1b - which light/s can we put out?
[10:14] Student005 Meredith: figurative language?
[10:14] You: nope
[10:14] Student005 Meredith: if it's about the stucture you would need the white box and the green one
[10:15] Student005 Meredith: wouldnt you
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[10:17] You: whic cube do we keep?
[10:17] Student005 Meredith: the bottom left
[10:17] Student005 Meredith: the structure
[10:17] You: spot on
[10:18] You: now have we looked at the actual passage yet?
[10:18] Student005 Meredith: no
[10:18] Student005 Meredith: i didnt know what i was supposed to be doing
[10:18] You: you need the volume to work at least Alicia
[10:18] You: ok?
[10:18] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:19] Student005 Meredith: ive got my speakers and that on but all i hear is typing
[10:20] You: guys work out the next one
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[10:21] You: work through with your piece of paper and try to create a mindmap - like my 3d one - for the next set of A questions
[10:22] Student005 Meredith: i don't understand
[10:22] You: alicia, whats the next A type question
[10:23] Student005 Meredith: 3c
[10:23] You: Alex, what do you think?
[10:23] You: ok
[10:24] You: 3c is a what type of cube?
[10:24] Student005 Meredith: word choice
[10:24] You: why?
[10:25] Student005 Meredith: because it is the imagery they are asking about
[10:25] You: yup
[10:25] You: Imagery and Word Choice - ok Alex - are DIFFERENT places
[10:26] Student002 Meredith: is this not working now
[10:26] You: if it's getting dark, select World
[10:27] You: Environment Settings -> Noon
[10:27] You: alex - can you hear me?
[10:27] Student002 Meredith: yes i can
[10:27] Student002 Meredith: can u not herea me?
[10:27] You: i cant hear you
[10:27] Student005 Meredith: i still cant
[10:27] You: nope - ok
[10:28] You: so 3c?
[10:28] Student005 Meredith: yes
[10:28] You: grid?
[10:29] You: behind you
[10:30] You: happy with 3c?
[10:30] Student005 Meredith: yes
[10:30] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:30] You: happy with 1b?
[10:30] You: look up now
[10:30] Student005 Meredith: yes
[10:30] You: sure about 3c?
[10:31] Student005 Meredith: well don't you need the green one (word choice)
[10:31] You: is it an A?
[10:31] You: not an A/E ?
[10:31] Student002 Meredith: is what?
[10:31] You: 3c
[10:31] Student002 Meredith: a/e
[10:32] Student005 Meredith: so you only want just a's
[10:32] You: aha a trick!
[10:32] You: lol
[10:32] You: FA/E - First - you do the work that you normally do for an A
[10:32] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:32] You: then you do the E work
[10:32] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:32] You: still have to do the A work
[10:32] You: good - remember you are here to learn!
[10:33] You: dont worry about the time - before may if we do 2/3 close readings u will be more than equipped
[10:33] You: NO RUSH!
[10:33] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:33] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:34] You: ok next a or A/E or E
[10:34] You: lol
[10:34] Student002 Meredith: A
[10:35] Student002 Meredith: hi
[10:35] You: next question then
[10:36] You: ok Question 4?
[10:36] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:37] You shout: work together
[10:37] Student002 Meredith: on what?
[10:37] You: WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO Q 4
[10:38] Student005 Meredith: the question sorry
[10:38] Student002 Meredith: i have no idea
[10:38] You: alicia?
[10:39] Student005 Meredith: do you mean to just break down the question like the other two with how we would answer it
[10:39] You: absolutely
[10:39] Student005 Meredith: because in that case the answer is in the question
[10:39] You: what is the question point us to do ?
[10:39] You: which of the grid elements?
[10:39] You: lol
[10:39] Student002 Meredith: word choice and sentence structure
[10:39] Student005 Meredith: use three of the 4 tone word choice and structure
[10:40] Student005 Meredith: but you only need to use two
[10:40] You: questions like: WRITER'S LANGUAGE; WRITER'S STYLE, etc. mean that ALL the grid lights stay ON!
[10:40] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:40] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:41] Student005 Meredith: so basically just use what you are more comfortable with or can see more clearly in the paper
[10:41] Student005 Meredith: ?
[10:41] You: only when you go to the passage will YOU decide if it's STRUCTURE, TONE (i.e. Stance); WORD CHOICE; IMAGERY (FIG. LANG)
[10:41] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:41] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:41] You: yes - but at least with this method you aren't doing THAT for every A type question
[10:41] You: alicia - is this helpful?
[10:41] Student005 Meredith: yes
[10:41] You: good stuff
[10:42] Student005 Meredith: i was really confused when we started cause i didn't know what you meant
[10:42] Student005 Meredith: but i get it now, i think
[10:42] You: im making you aware of what the question is asking you to do, as well as keeping in mind that you are NOT doing a U-type question
[10:43] Student005 Meredith: kk
[10:43] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:43] You: U A and E's are PHYSICALLY separated!!!!
[10:43] You: so it should be LOGICALLY - when you are using your brain!
[10:43] Student005 Meredith: :P
[10:43] Student005 Meredith: gotcha
[10:43] You: basic cubes will be GREAT help when we come to answer - I will show you how to use a note card system
[10:43] Student002 Meredith: right
[10:43] You: magic
[10:43] You: are we kool?
[10:44] Student005 Meredith: yup
[10:44] Student002 Meredith: aye
[10:45] You: question 7
[10:45] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:45] You: good
[10:45] You: A?
[10:45] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:45] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:45] You: grid?
[10:45] Student002 Meredith: word choice?
[10:45] Student005 Meredith: well it says features of language so that would mean tone, word choice and structure so all of them
[10:46] You: MAGIC!
[10:46] You: well done
[10:46] Student002 Meredith: right
[10:46] You: but remember - TONE (STANCE) is the focus here
[10:46] Student005 Meredith: ok
[10:46] You: then look at the particular features that give the tone
[10:46] You: question: can you get a RED cube on its own?
[10:47] Student005 Meredith: tone always has a technique behind it to give it emphasis
[10:47] You: alex
[10:47] You: blank sheet of papre
[10:47] Student002 Meredith: aye
[10:47] You: no stance, atmosphere mood
[10:47] You: ok
[10:48] You: add the word HELP
[10:48] You: you've got WORD CHOICE & STANCE - two cubes
[10:48] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:48] You: add ! - exclamation mark, and put it in a paragraph of its own - you have THREE CUBES
[10:48] You: get it?
[10:48] Student002 Meredith: not really
[10:49] Student005 Meredith: me either
[10:49] You: like the look of 7?
[10:49] You: cubes?

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[9:12] You: hi alex
[9:12] You: 2 mins ok
[9:12] Student002 Meredith: ok
[9:13] You: Hi Alex
[9:13] You: ready?
[9:13] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:14] You: well - kool huh?
[9:14] You: Mic'd ?
[9:14] Student002 Meredith: ?
[9:14] You: u have mic?
[9:14] Student002 Meredith: yeah hold on
[9:14] You: ok
[9:17] You: Just let me know when you're ready
[9:17] Student002 Meredith: yeah ready, but my mic doesnt work
[9:17] You: Hhmmmm bottom right of screen - 4 tabs?
[9:18] You: one saying 'Talk'
[9:18] Student002 Meredith: nope?
[9:18] You: ok - we'll use tonight as a training session - I can come out tomorrow after school/weekend and fix it up
[9:19] You: in the meantime, try downloading and installing the new version available from www.vscoted.com
[9:19] You: can you hear me sp[eak?
[9:19] Student002 Meredith: thats the one ive got
[9:19] You: ok
[9:19] You: mmm
[9:19] Student002 Meredith: nope
[9:20] You: press Ctrl-P
[9:20] You: Select voice chat
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[9:23] You: I'll type AND speak
[9:23] You: ok PSU totally?
[9:23] You: or PSU and start Close Reading?
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[9:27] You: just about to upload something for you
[9:27] Student002 Meredith: ok
[9:28] You: has your mic crashed?
[9:29] You: lol
[9:29] You: get a fright?
[9:29] Student002 Meredith: aye
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[9:30] You: can you hear me?
[9:30] Student002 Meredith: no
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[9:38] Student002 Meredith: what?
[9:38] You: sorry, dropped mic
[9:39] You: Cna you hear me
[9:39] Student002 Meredith: just
[9:39] You: Setting:
[9:40] You: Alex, what about the setting?
[9:40] You: Direct, course and concrete
[9:40] Student002 Meredith: ?
[9:41] You: log out/then log back in again
[9:41] You: to try and reset the mic
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[9:46] You: ok Structure
[9:46] You: the structure of thisd novel is based/supported by Winston's development, his growth
[9:47] Student002 Meredith: what?
[9:47] You: Diary?
[9:47] You: what does it SYMBOLISE (there's a term for you)
[9:47] Student002 Meredith: his thoughts?
[9:47] You: yeas, excellent
[9:47] You: but something else - more
[9:48] You: what about a previous/bygone age?
[9:48] Student002 Meredith: mics not working
[9:48] You: how things USED to be done
[9:48] You: how about REBELLION - the very ACT of reading/writing in his diary
[9:48] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:49] Student004 Meredith is Offline
[9:49] You: good, you getting this all down
[9:49] Student002 Meredith: i will
[9:49] You: I will post our lesson onto the blog - vscoted.blogspot.com
[9:49] You: (CAN YOU HEAR ME?)
[9:50] Student002 Meredith: no
[9:50] You: ok
[9:50] You: I shall type like crazy
[9:50] You: The book represents/warns us about toalitariansim (check spelling)
[9:50] You: ok
[9:50] Student004 Meredith is Online
[9:50] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:50] You: we are shown how (THIS IS SETTING) how a society can be psychologically controlled
[9:51] You: constant threat of war?
[9:51] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:51] You: constant monitoring suggests intrusion/paranoia from the state
[9:51] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:52] You: think about CHARACTER now - what are the diffs. between Julia and Winston -?
[9:52] You: why does SHE rebel?
[9:52] You: is she worried?is he MORE worried?
[9:53] Student002 Meredith: hes more woried
[9:53] You: good
[9:53] Student002 Meredith: she seems less caring
[9:53] You: yes...does she cause Winston to take risks?
[9:53] You: leading to.....
[9:53] You: what is O'brien - who does HE represent?
[9:54] Connecting to in-world Voice Chat...
[9:54] Student002 Meredith: big brother?
[9:54] Connected
[9:54] PowerPoint Presenter V3.0 Single Screen: Touch laptop keyboard to get started...
[9:54] Student004 Meredith is Offline
[9:54] Student002 Meredith: seems caring to winston while doing the things he does
[9:54] PowerPoint Presenter V3.0 Single Screen: Touch laptop keyboard to get started...
[9:55] You: So, another benefit of THIRD and not 1st person narrative?
[9:55] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:55] You: ok howzat?
[9:56] Student002 Meredith: ok
[9:56] You: couple more minutes starting you out on CLOSE READING?
[9:56] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[9:56] You: first, remember that the structure is chronologically arranged, but with some flashbacks to when? what do the flashbacks help contrast?
[9:57] Student002 Meredith: when winston was a wee boy
[9:57] Student002 Meredith: dunno what it contrasts
[9:57] You: yup - happier times? but more importantly A HISTORY that can NEVER be erased
[9:58] You: look what I found
[9:58] Connecting to in-world Voice Chat...
[9:58] Connected
[9:59] Student002 Meredith: a box
[9:59] Student002 Meredith: ?
[9:59] You: come here
[9:59] You: u
[10:00] You: right?
[10:00] Student002 Meredith: yeah?
[10:00] You: how kool - 3d mindmapping
[10:00] You: lol
[10:00] You: wahey
[10:01] You: where do these appear?
[10:01] Student002 Meredith: floating in the air?
[10:02] You: where else?
[10:02] Student002 Meredith: i dunnp
[10:02] You: seriously?
[10:02] Student002 Meredith: yeah?
[10:03] You: ok
[10:03] You: take note
[10:03] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:03] You: when your essay is marked, it is marked under 4 categories
[10:04] You: U = understanding
[10:04] You: A = Analysis skills
[10:04] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:04] You: E = Evaluation skills
[10:05] You: brb
[10:05] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:05] You: lol
[10:06] You: last E = expression
[10:06] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:06] You: the last one is importatnt - basically, can your essay be understood - never mind can you analyse, or understand a poem/novel!
[10:06] You: ok
[10:07] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:07] You: when we read in Close Reading, we leave out the last Ex - because we can assume the writer can read/write - ok
[10:07] You: right
[10:07] You: watch this
[10:08] Feed Display 1.5: Requesting feed.
[10:08] Feed Display 1.5: Done!
[10:08] You: see thath ok?
[10:08] You: lol
[10:08] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:09] Student002 Meredith: i can hear you
[10:09] Feed Display 1.5: Requesting feed.
[10:09] Feed Display 1.5: Done!
[10:09] You: 1stset of questions
[10:10] Student002 Meredith: the type of question it is
[10:10] You: recognise what? (showing Alex a past paper 2006)
[10:10] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:10] You: good stuff
[10:10] You: close together?
[10:10] You: NOPE
[10:10] Student002 Meredith: no
[10:11] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:11] You: questions remain the SAME!
[10:11] Student002 Meredith: no
[10:11] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:12] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:12] Student002 Meredith: sorry didnt hear that
[10:13] You: available for another (free) session tomorrow eveing
[10:13] You: ?
[10:13] Student002 Meredith: yeah what time?
[10:13] You: 445 - unless I change it ok
[10:13] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:13] You: HAVE YOU LEARNED - DESPITE THE DODGY MIC?
[10:13] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:14] You: excellent
[10:14] Student002 Meredith: ok
[10:14] Student002 Meredith: yeah
[10:15] Student002 Meredith: yeah

ONLINE

vScotEd's first island is ONLINE!

This evening saw the very FIRST student lesson: Standard Grade English. The rest of the week will see similar initiation-type lessons for Higher English.

A successful evening was achieved:

Observations:

- upload of materials BEFORE lesson (pre-empting any delays);

- BUG in powerpoint projector object? control of one seemed to

alter the other

- standard directory structure is cumbersome

Suggestions:

- preload projectors/widgets with content;

- smaller texture displays for A4-sourced text/docs

- organise resources

- perhaps design Higher- / Standard Grade-centric classes (as opposed to the standard)

- need text-loggers (feed directly to blog?), highlighters and rss feed widgets

Lesson overview:

- Show the student the difference in Close Reading question types - there are those that focus on the chosen text; those that focus on the general principles of language.

Lesson transcript:

(next session)