My two sons, seven and eleven respectively, enjoy games. They quite enjoy a game of Uno, Monopoly or Sorry, but their favourite form involves digital formats. They both own a Nintendo DS, we had a Nintendo Wii and an aging Playstation 2, plus they share the family Windows desktop where they are very adept at [...]
Monthly Archive for May, 2011
How we make sense of the world beyond our own personal day to day experiences? For me, it started with books mixed with the occasional dose of television back in a fairly isolated childhood back on the farm. My first impressions of what life might be like in the English countryside were shaped by Enid [...]
A thought side-sparked from this article in our local paper: How do we reconcile the adage “No-one is irreplaceable” when encouraged to not let work overtake one’s life with the desire to do something that has meaning in that work life? If we can just be replaced, what is the value or uniqueness of that [...]
Australian students in Years 3, 5, & and 9 have just spent the week taking the annual NAPLaN tests. With some controversy last year over cheating allegations, there can be no doubt that the label of “high stakes” can now be applied to these tests. It doesn’t seem to matter what is said about the [...]
My local professional association, CEGSA in alliance with SLASA are holding a joint conference starting on Friday 13th May. What is really cool is that Judy O’Connell, one of my favourite Aussie edubloggers is the Friday twilight keynote, and I’m really looking forward to meeting her and hearing her speak. Judy has always been encouraging [...]
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