Day 5 Des Hunt Waiotahe Valley School Wed March 24 2011

“Ko Whangakopoikipiko ahau. Ko tenei taku pūrakau.”
“I am Whangakopikipiko. This is my story.”

Today was an incredibly industrious day. Every laptop in the school and writers families was employed to bring the students stories to print. Stories were finalised and to make the process of editing easier when Des left, we posted all stories electronically so that we could ‘track changes’ as authors and publishers do quickly between Des and the students.

Once the stories were committed to print and revised by the students it was time for Des to complete a second discussion with the students about next steps in the writing process for them and their writing.

The part of the day that the students responded to the best was the sense of achievement they felt as their first electronic version of their writing whirred out of the printer. The students learnt a great deal about how to use the more sophisticated components of Word and the importance of save, save and save your work!