This lesson provided a review the whole Birdwatching with Biblical Binoculars program.

We chose some highlights which we could present  in a short segment in church next week and decided to give our presentation in the form of a quiz for the congreagtion with the students as the quizmasters.

We talked about global communication and evangelism using Twitter, Facebook etc and we talked about Twitter Birds.
One of the students located my adapted Twitter bird pictures.

In previous weeks the Birdwatching with Biblical Binoculars has taken the form of looking up the Bible references given and working out the meaning and application of the text.
This week we went one step further – there were no Biblical references specifically to Twitter Birds – so the students had to work out the topics that were applicable and then look for appropriate texts.
In my mind the connection was going to be communicating and spreading the Gospel: however as we were discussing the attributes of Twitter Birds the theme of Following emerged and the students started to look for references to Following Jesus

During the worship service before the children came out for Church School Tracy Greene had shared It’s Friday but Sunday is coming
http://www.tonycampolo.org/media_archive.php
When Riley found Matt. 27:55 when looking up Follow Jesus it was not immediately apparent what the context of the verse was until I drew it out with questions. When they discovered that the context was that of Good Friday they all chorused “That was Friday! But Sunday is coming!”

Talk about our week and pray for any concerns

Review the whole Birdwatching with Biblical Binoculars program and choose some highlights

Talk about how we could present them in a short segment in church next week.

Talk about global communication using Twitter, Facebook etc and about Twitter Birds.

This time we will use the Biblical Binoculars to find some Bible verses which could be applied to the Twitter Birds

When asked what the students thought of when owls were mentioned they answered that they thought owls were wise were nocturnal and were birds of prey.
When I asked why they thought people regarded owls as wise they said it was because they are often grey so they look like a wise experienced old person with grey or white hair and that some owls have feather patterns that make them look as if they are wearing spectacles which makes them look wise and as if they would read a lot.
We decided after using the Biblical Binoculars that owls are not associated with wisdom in the Bible.

Jordan and Ethan made origami owls while Riley worked on the clay animation.

Then Jordan created a Voki.

Work on blog posts, Voki, Toondoo, stop motion models or clay eagle.

Last week we discussed how Doves are depicted in the Bible and how they have come to be symbolic of The Holy Spirit and are also used as a symbol representing Peace.

We discussed the Food Laws in Leviticus and played the Dabbleboard game Should you Eat Me? Game on page 1
http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw?b=jofrei&i=2&c=0b9ef47be34c2e0096a0f080dfe2a1095a07a7bc

However we did not have time to create the Voicethread presentation about doves.

During the school holidays Jordan began creating an eagle out of air hardening clay.

Last Sunday the church and the surrounding area were without electricity but not without power!
‘Aunty Bev’ Clark gave the children her testimony about the missionary work of her  husband, George in Vanuatu and the importance of the Eagle to her after his death.

We watched the videos of eagles in flight and completed the Bird Watching with Biblical Binoculars exercise.
A large Butcher bird came and sat on the fence just outside the window and sang beautifully but flew away before we could take a photo!

Today we only had one student because most were away celebrating Father’s Day.
So we will learn about Eagles next week.
This week we discussed Digital Footprints.

Jordan created a Voki  and  we looked at getting started with blog posts.

Today I attended an Edublogs Serendipity Fine Focus webinar session about easy to use online programs for education and I have discovered and experimented with some great new tools to add to our tool kit http://jofrei.edublogs.org/the-tool-kit/

Taxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/ allows you to make decorative word clouds with a variety of shapes fonts and colour themes.

Here is a word cloud for this blog

Dabbleboard http://www.dabbleboard.com/ is an interactive whiteboard which will be very useful for us

I have made a Find the Tawny Frogmouth puzzle for you using Dabbleboard at
http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw?b=jofrei&i=0&c=d0e1d6fa58c19ca5862d3820e728c7a1cc3b9d31