Reading D’Arcy Norman’s feed and had to check this post for more info leading me to this site, xkcd full of strange but compelling comics. I have to admit I didn’t understand the one that D’Arcy displayed on his blog (maybe because I’m Australian or not as bright as I’d like to think) but maybe some one [...]
Monthly Archive for August, 2006
Discovered another gem today on the web when working with my class on their personal projects. After showing one student how to whip up a quick map with positionable markers and insertable text in QuikMaps, another child wanted to include a map showing the location of the Mona Lisa. After trying to use the regular [...]
Hi to all participants from this morning’s presentation. I promised that if you looked at the website address on my business card, you’d end up here and I’d have some links to ideas and resources mentioned during the presentation. Did You Know? powerpoint link at this post at the Fischbowl. Lockleys North Primary School IWB [...]
It’s always dangerous adding another blog to the aggregator, another conversation to follow but when I find one that speaks to me on topics that I relate to, in it goes. My latest addition comes from the Bump On The Blog where Brian Grenier is saying a lot of things that describe my role pretty [...]
Just a quick advertisement for a free event for Adelaide based teachers called the Web2 Showcase. Blurb from the TSOF website as follows: Web2 Showcase: All you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask! Thursday September 21st, 2006, 4.15 – 6.30 pm, Discovery Centre, TSoF Guest presenters: Graham Wegner, Al Upton, Mike Seyfang, [...]
I had a very interesting discussion with my class this morning on a wide range of topics related to technology and a lot of issues gaining publicity in the press. It started with a few observations about the MYLU (Middle Years Learning Unit) use and misuse of our school’s internet access. I was pointing out [...]
After two weeks, I’ve finally organised the audio from the International Middle Schooling Conference presentation on “IWB’s in the Middle School Classroom”. I recorded it on the school’s new iRiver T10 and the results weren’t too bad with the built in microphone. After tidying it up in Audacity, I had a go at uploading it [...]
You know you’ve hit the big time in Aussie education when you’re featured on the EDNA website feed – well done, Judy O’Connell, librarian extraordinaire and advisor in Catholic Ed, NSW, who hit the ground running a few months back with her blog, HeyJude. Check her posts for excellent insights into information literacy and other [...]
In preparation for a debriefing session after the recent International Middle Schooling Conference, our team has posed these questions to sharpen our thoughts and assist in visioning our school’s Middle Year program. In the spirit of being open and “deprivatising” my practice, here are some initial reactions and dot points of what I took away [...]
As I sat down this afternoon to prepare my lessons for tomorrow, the first day of the school week, I resolved to put together a tight concise sequence of learning. I’ve been out of the school a fair bit over the last fortnight so my resolve was to make a concerted effort to harness the [...]
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