Monthly Archive for March, 2009

A Severe Case Of The Yeah-Buts

Published on March 31, 2009 in Middle Schooling. 3 Comments

Maybe it is just my school that seems to be this way. Especially as our students on the whole don’t experience life to this degree. But a significant number (enough to be bugging me and both my co-planning buddy and tandem partner) seem to have a severe case of the “yeah-buts” which kicks into gear [...]

What About Them iPods, Eh?

Published on March 25, 2009 in Mobile Technology. 7 Comments

My class are really keen to have iPods in the classroom. Their iPods, that is. So, when it came up as an issue across our four Upper Primary classrooms, I decided that the best way forward was for the kids to write a Position Statement to inform and persuade their peers and their teachers. As [...]

I’m Not Sure What I Expected

Published on March 22, 2009 in Internet. 2 Comments

After spending Saturday with a group predominantly made up of teacher-librarians, I found this wonderfully ironic graphic searching through Will Lion’s Digital Bites collection. http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2647997230/

Networked Literacy – Will Richardson

Published on March 21, 2009 in Blogging, Future Directions and Web 2.0. 4 Comments

Live blogged notes – my thoughts in italics. Changes that technology are bringing to the world is going to affect education as well. Need a personal interaction with new tools before one can implement their use in the classroom – look inwards and become a networked learner. Publishing is the easy put – it’s what [...]

FBF4eva

Published on March 15, 2009 in Web 2.0. 1 Comment

I must be such a disappointment to my Facebook Friends. I very rarely update my status, I have no photos to speak of and I regularly reject requests for (Lil) Blue Cove and Likeness Quizzes. I have a friends list that is a curious mix of educators I have never met and teachers I used [...]

Introducing The EduGroupie

Published on March 8, 2009 in Blogging. 0 Comments

First the edublogger … then last year heralded the new term edupunk … now thanks to Paul Luke, it’s time to meet the edugroupie. Seriously, this is a deep thinking South Australian educator who is as well read as anyone online. Do him a favour and put his blog in your RSS reader of choice [...]

Local Or/And/Before Global

Published on March 7, 2009 in Future Directions and Web 2.0. 6 Comments

I had a sick day yesterday. So, after  visiting the doctor and the pharmacy to get some industrial strength antibiotics, I decided to put some time towards preparing for my thirty minute slot during the upcoming Will Richardson day. It’s pretty cool that he’s coming to little old Adelaide and that not only do I [...]