Monthly Archive for September, 2008

My Learning Journey As Shown On A Piece Of A3 Cartridge Paper

We did this as an exercise at a Well-Being focussed staff meeting. I thought I’d better post it here before I lose the dead tree version. Any questions happily answered in the comments.

Classroom As Learning Community

I really enjoy reading Clarence Fisher‘s posts about his classroom practice and how he sets up the “classroom as studio” environment. One of the observations I’d make about his practice from the other side of the globe is that it appears that the learning community he has nurtured has taken time and lots of personal [...]

Trailing

As one of the culminating activities of this term’s Inquiry Unit “Who Makes The Rules?”, my and my co-planning partner’s classes are heading into the heart of Adelaide for a tour of our state’s Parliament House with our local member of Parliament being our guide. Two classes together makes for nearly sixty students which is [...]

Just Add Technology And Mix For Instant Engagement

I was going to add this as a comment to Dan Meyer’s reaction to another edtech wake-up call video, but the stream of responses and the reasons for Dan’s displeasure seemed to be going down another track to what I observed so I held it over for this space.  I’m not so bothered by the format of [...]