Monthly Archives: May 2009
Sleepout 4 Schools – well worth the effort
I’ve been meaning to post about the Sleepout 4 Schools event run by the Yr 9 students of Toorak College for the last week, but time keeps running away from me. It’s vitally important that I give it the space it … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is The Crevasse – Making of 3D Street Art. It’s the work of Edgar Mueller, German street painting artist. Take a look at some of the images below that show what he can do with a can of paint. The … Continue reading
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The Wilhelm Scream – movies will never be the same!
Alec Couras has written a really useful post ’80+ videos for Tech. and Media Literacy’. And it is really useful so you MUST follow the link. He has pulled together an amazing array of links to videos and has … Continue reading
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Social Technographics Ladder
I like this representation of peoples’ contributions to social technology and how you would catergorise those contributions. It appeared on Michael Stephen’s Tame the Web site and was posted on Twitter by Judy O’Connell. *update: Elaine Talbert had also posted … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Yes, it’s Saturday. I’m late to the mark with this one. Last night I was sleeping out at school with our Yr 9 students raising money for Daraja Academy and the Bal Ashram in India. I’ll write about the wonderful … Continue reading
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Working together 2 make a difference finds its way into print
What a nice surprise greeeted me via Skype this morning. Angela Stockman sent me the link to the above newspaper article about her daughter Laura and Working together 2 make a difference. It was written by Sarah Hanson, a freshman at Alden High who … Continue reading
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Robert Pattinson = no effect! Not here anyway.
Image by songbirdsings via Flickr A little while ago, I wrote a post about how our school library blog has seen an influx of traffic directly related to a post written about Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame. My theory at … Continue reading
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Lurker or Contributor, or maybe Innovator?
I didn’t get to the DEECD‘s Innovation showcase on Friday. I’d sent in a proposal for a session but it was knocked back. The fact that I teach in the Independent system and not the Public system may have had something … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Here’s a cautionary tale. If you can only communicate through the twittersphere you are seriously in trouble! Going to be a cold and rainy weekend here in Melbourne by the looks of things. A nice excuse to bunker in by … Continue reading
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Is Zac Efron Leonard Whiting’s love child?
Cover of Romeo & Juliet Honestly, I’ve no idea, but the girls at my school are wondering. This term we’re studying Romeo and Juliet in Yr 9 English. We’ve been sharing our thoughts about the play on our shared Ning and … Continue reading
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