Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Sharing … Eels

It would be no surprise to regular readers of this blog to find out that I’ve been struggling for motivation to write reflectively here of late. I seem to be surprisingly resentful of those colleagues who seem to find the time to vege out in front of the television, read a favourite book or other [...]

Sharing … Blue King Brown

This song is a couple of years old but I’ve rediscovered it via Triple J’s Hottest 100 list and YouTube. Together with Aussie hiphop crew, The Herd, it is good to see good political music didn’t die when Peter Garrett became a Labor MP. Blue King Brown … awesome.

A Few Probing Questions

Ann, my principal, sent out an SOS email tonight in preparation for a presentation she has to give at a regional meeting. The questions she sent were good reflective ones so what better place to actually answer them than here. Any feedback always appreciated: 1. In what ways are you gaining as a professional by [...]

Simple But Powerful

I was chatting with a colleague the other day about the most effective way to create a list of online Mathematics resources for our school. We were both thinking of delicious as we have a significant number of teachers with accounts. The idea was to use a group of teachers as the “curators” of these [...]

Transition Period

Two weeks ago, we packed up our computer room in preparation for the impending demolition of our current library (Resource Centre) in the lead up to the building of our BER funded new “21st Century Library“. The thirty odd desktops of varying vintages were distributed throughout the classrooms or retired to the “obsolete” pile. Our [...]

Over-Amazed

Having holiday breaks is one of the great perks of the teaching profession – I will never deny that. At this stage of the year, it’s a great chance to get some of the jobs done around the house that have been put on hold for a few months. It gives me a chance to [...]