Saturday 23 April 2011

Or is this Leadership behaviour?

Here is an inspirational person who is truly awesome!
Have a look at this clip and then as the title says "have a look at yourself". It puts things in perspective slightly.
What are your thoughts?

Thursday 14 April 2011

Leadership Behaviour?

This video is of the Czech Republic president stealing a pen at an official signing of an agreement between the Czech Republic and Chile. The story caused a stir in the Czech Republic. Czech television broadcast the video with red circles and arrows highlighting the pen. A spokesman for President Klaus on Tuesday dismissed the media storm caused by the video, saying the pen was "a common pen with a logo of the state or office, which presidents and members of their delegation receive during state visits". In fact, the pens are encrusted with semi-precious stones.
The 'theft' of the pen is questionable as officials said that the President and his guests were free to take the pen. See if you can answer one of the following questions......
Do you think this should be making the news? 
Does the way that the President takes the pen make him seem like a trustworthy person? 
What would you think if John Key behaved in this way?
How could we learn a lesson about the way that we behave in class / school? 
Is the leader being a good role model?
(or you can share any other thoughts you may have about the clip)

Friday 8 April 2011

Match Stick Challenge

Check out the link below, I cant figure out how to complete even the first task! Have a go and then see if you can get someone at home to give it a go!
A prize for the first to show me how......

Zefrank Matchstick Challenge for Kakapo

Saturday 2 April 2011

Hunting video clips

After much deliberation we have finally finished our "Deciding" phase of our I'm a Survivor inquiry unit. Our chosen questions are:
What are common hunting techniques used by predators?
and
What are some common defense techniques used by prey?
Here are some clips that can be viewed anytime to get you thinking about techniques that are used..... Kakapo - Try and watch these before Wednesday, (you can watch them in class, before school or in any free time)
(caution - hunting is good for the predator, but not great for the prey so there are some "yucky" scenes)