Session One with Group One OT Students
March 4, 2008 at 3:22 am (Uncategorized)
We started off the session with an ice breaker / introductions moment using “What Kind of Tree Are You”
| What kind of tree are you? Which tree does your birthday fall under? After you find your birthday, click on the type of tree and it will take you to the description of the tree at the bottom of the page. See how accurately it describes you. =) |
On the whole it seems to be a good ice breaker although I had forgotten how harsh some of the descriptions are , not to mention the huge contradictions.Mine is pretty good (Elm Tree) so of course I agree with it.I do not insist that everyone read their tree as some students may find it lame and I certainly don’t want anyone to go out on a limb!
Our next activity looked at seed cleaning.
Helen and I collected a number of plants with suitable seed from my garden which were used for the demo and they included:
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how to clean seed from a variety of New Zealand native plants , employ finger dexterity , focus on a simple task and utilize materials that are freely available instead of purchasing expensive seed.
Our next activity looked at seed sowing.The OT students sowed some of the seeds they had cleaned and some vegetable and herb seeds which we had purchased.($2.00 per packet).Click on this link to view a step by step slideshow.
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how to sow seed from a variety of New Zealand native plants , employ finger dexterity , focus on a simple task , and sow vegetable and herb seeds which could be grown in containers or a vege patch.
We also looked at worm farms , composting and seed balls which will be covered in my next post starring the OT students/group 2.
James Sunderland said,
March 5, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Hi Kim this is an excellent blog. Students are all impressed. I’ve added it to my blog for the second years for their course which looks at using web2:0 technology in practice. http://participationinoccupation1.blogspot.com/