Posted in conferences on Jul 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Whenever I think I’m up with things and pretty in touch with the tek world something always comes along to remind me that there are a lot of unknowns out there.
Like Second Life, virtual worlds and the game as educational experience. No idea! I’ve not really been into computer games since Pro Golf II and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tools and gadgets on Jul 20th, 2008 No Comments »
A little while ago I was in a meeting of Year 12 English teachers, discussing how the course is going, and planning for next year. One thing that got agreement from everyone was that we needed to improve the way we distributed newspaper articles to students for the language analysis task.
In essence, what we did [...]
Posted in tools and gadgets, videos on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Got my hands on very interesting little gadget this week; the FLIP video camera. Not available in Australia yet (thanks Teresa for organising a USA pick-up) except on e-bay (which I’m never going to use again after their recent paypal fervour) this little gadget is about the size of pack of cigarettes (remember them?), [...]
Posted in learning, professional learning on Jul 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve been a bit of a fan of Neville Johnson’s work on the power of professional learning teams engaged in projects for quite a while, and it’s been at the back of a lot of my thinking about the way professional development and staff learning should be mainly organised: in-house and about the real work [...]
Posted in teaching on Jul 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Took this photo a couple of weeks ago with my phone camera on the way to work. Three balloons were coming my way, fast and low, and the sky was so clear that I walked fast up to Burwood Rd and got a couple of shots.
I see these balloons quite a bit in the Hawthorn [...]
