Monthly Archive for November, 2011

Caution: Facebook Is Not The Internet

I find Facebook fascinating in the same way that many people admire deadly snakes. You have to wary and careful in order to avoid being bitten. I have an account although I could hardly be accused of being a prolific user – I like to think that if I am cautious, I can maintain a [...]

Peeking Out Of The Trench

Like many, my career in education has consisted solely of working in schools within the one state system. I did go to a private secondary school way back in the eighties so I do have some dated preconceptions about how that system works. But it was only when I started a blog and started reading [...]

How Do I Find Sierra Leone?

Working with a Year 5 class today using and annotating Google Maps when one of the students asked if she could look for her “old home”. I said sure, and then she asked, “How do you spell Sierra Leone?” I helped her and she quickly navigated her way to Freetown. She zoomed into her old [...]