Monthly Archives: February 2009
School’s out Friday
I’ve been really busy this week and hardly had time to post anything. And I should have because some great things happened this week. I’ll get to it tomorrow, I promise. My husband sent me this video during the week to brighten … Continue reading
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Special things happening….
A little while ago I was encouraging educators to join us on Working together 2 make a difference and support the bushfire relief effort. I am so pleased to let you know that some very special things are happening on that … Continue reading
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Virtually there – Learning 2.0, a Colorado conversation.
This morning, at 3.30 am, I got up to attend Karl Fisch and Bud Hunt’s Learning 2.0 – A Colorado Conversation. Was I in Colorado? No, I was sitting in my lounge chair at home, but able to participate because … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Back to my faves this week. Charlie Todd’s improveverywhere crew has been up to their improvising best with this effort. High Five Escalator, involves Agent Lathan giving out 2,000 high fives by standing next to a subway escalator during the morning … Continue reading
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Lovely charts – now this looks good
Lovely Charts is a new free online diagramming application that lets you create some pretty professional looking charts that would be great for use in class projects. Even better, they’d be great for use in any professional organisation; the quality is outstanding. … Continue reading
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Connections……
Image via Wikipedia Today we had a planning afternoon for our PLP group at Toorak College. It was just what we needed. Time to talk things over, show one another what we have done, teach one another some new skills … Continue reading
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Theory into practice – making it meaningful in the school library.
Image via Wikipedia This year, we’re trying to make Web 2.0 more meaningful in our School Library. Last year we moved most of our pathfinders over to wiki format to encourage collaboration and input into the development of resources to … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is ‘Facebook Song’ by Rhett and Link. Our school psychologist had me help her download it from Youtube this week for use with a Yr 11 class. (We used kickyoutube – it continues to impress everyone) They were looking … Continue reading
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Math in the Movies -where was this when I needed it!
Maths has never been one of my strong points. I coped just fine until I hit year 9 and they started introducing letters into Maths problems. My brain couldn’t cope with this and my burgeoning career as a Astrophysicist went … Continue reading
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Collective action help from our network
Our bushfire appeal on Working together 2 make a difference has received some help from unexpected quarters. Clarence Fisher and Jen Wagner, who coordinated an online effort in response to the Californian bushfires, have provided some sound advice about how to go … Continue reading
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