I’ve just poked my head from the haze of over two weeks worth of writing (typing) end-of-year student reports which here down under would have to be the most time-sucking, energy sapping, brain deadening thing to do in the whole school year. I swore (not the profanity kind) that I wouldn’t post to my blog [...]
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
Trying something different here – the class had an excellent excursion the other day gathering digital artefacts for our Global Project and re-acquainting themselves with their own home city. I could describe the day blow by blow, how we leveraged digital technology, how fantastic the class were, how the temperature climbed to 34 degrees Celcius, [...]
Maybe the edublogosphere isn’t a place at all – we all just assume that our experience is a shared one, when our blend of influences, voices of authority and “must share/see/use” resources are so instant and seemingly powerful. A spat between antagonists in the comments section of a blog post can equal a controversy and [...]
In my opinion, one of the easiest entry points for teachers into Web 2.0 is to start a social bookmarking account. Getting them to really grasp the power of this tool is more challenging. Most teachers like to collect useful websites even if they’re not web-savvy enthusiasts and the methods employed to keep track of [...]
Wow, I feel pretty stuffed right now after a big day culminating in our school’s Open Night to launch our new school vision. These things are a pretty big deal and usually dictate school priorities and direction for a five year period. Our vision included 18 statements and coincidentally our school has 18 classes so [...]
One of the new things that I’ve been involved this year is the development of several Professional Development sessions for the wider South Australian education community. This evolved out of an increased flow of requests to have a look at our interactive whiteboards and how we are implementing and using them across the school. Earlier [...]
Stephen Graham – Australian literacy consultant. These are my rough notes, captured as I went and as laptop battery and my concentration span allowed. No web access and he used a whiteboard and markers as well as the occasional OHP – I was sceptical about how up-to-date his literacy message would be – I think [...]
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