http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net Another excellent Vineblogs.net weblog Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:51:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am glad Nick wrote up the Zip game in his blog because he saved me a lot of time! (Just slipped that in so you know I've checked out other people's blogs...) Actually, totally agree with his comment about all the effort that went into planning our last assignment. ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/06/06/weeks-12-13/ Golly gosh! I learnt so much from this prac that I don't know where to start.... I think the biggest realisation for me was that Drama teachers in high schools really need to be confident Directors with real creative vision (this is something I need to work on)! I was slightly ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/06/06/prac/ I found 'Photographs in the Mud' by Dianne Wolfer and Brian Harrison-Lever, a picture book about fighting on the Kokoda Track, which I think would be a great stimulus for drama. It tells the stories of two soldiers, Jack (Australian) and Hoshi (Japanese), as they leave home and go ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/05/02/week-8/ Week 7  Can you think of a time when theatre you have seen has left an impression on you?  In what way did it impress you?  Did it make you think or feel differently about a topic or idea?I mentioned in class that Stolen left a big impression on me because ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/04/29/week-7/ I had to leave this session early but I did catch up on the readings and check out the websites!  Looking back on my school days I can see that I was quite awful to other children at times, so when Jo asked us to sketch a bully I drew ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/04/18/week-6/ Our workshop was really successful and so much fun! The students obviously didn’t have a lot of experience with drama as they were initially very silly during the warm-ups. As time went on and the scenario was effectively developed by us, the students were carried along by the unfolding drama ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/04/14/week-5/ The task for this week was to develop a “learning through drama” experience based on the topic of print media. I thoroughly enjoyed this class because it really got my creative juices flowing. We began by brainstorming the topic and pretty much covered the past, history and future of ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/03/23/week-4/ Kathryn and I had Jo all to ourselves for this lesson due to a mysterious public holiday virus outbreak!  Kathryn filled us in on all her current experience which made me feel like a bit of a dud because I haven’t done any acting in years.  This lead into a ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/03/21/week-3/ In terms of Multiple Intelligences I’m a bit of an all rounder really (I had a small range in scores: 9, 8, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5). This probably gives me an advantage as a teacher because I can relate to all intelligences and thus I am conscious of the ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/03/21/week-2/ This first class was great! It was so much fun to act out the “Fertifree” drama (it’s been a long time since I've done any acting improvisation.) I must say I initially had trouble staying in character and kept giggling, but this was mostly because I was enjoying ... http://rubysblog.vineblogs.net/2007/03/21/week-1/