Tag Archives: Ning
Confronting the arch enemy.
Return to work week. Return to meetings, classes, projects, correction and everything else that comes with the teaching profession. Return to a confrontation with my arch enemy. Time. Time to learn new things. Time to implement new ideas into my … Continue reading
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Students are doing it for themselves.
(sing the title to the Pointer Sister’s tune!) I haven’t updated of late about the Year 9 Ning running across our four classrooms at Toorak College. Mostly that’s because life has been crazy for me and I haven’t had time … Continue reading
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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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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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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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Why Ning needs an ad free education platform.
I love Ning. I really do. I’m just not all that happy with them right now. Those of you who follow this blog will know that I started a Ning for our Yr 9 English classes in February this year. It’s … Continue reading
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The Horizon Report: 2009 K-12 Edition
Educause and the New Media Consortium have just released the K – 12 Edition of The Horizon Report. Horizon Reports always make for interesting reading, as they predict the time to adoption of many of the emerging technologies finding their … Continue reading
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So, how’s that ning going?
Some of you who have been reading here would be aware that I started a ning for the Year 9 English students at my school. When I started I told you I’d be checking in every now and then with a … 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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Australian Screen – great resource
I looked at Australian Screen a year or so ago but didn’t explore it fully. This week we’ve been searching for material to support our text study of Bye Beautiful. We’ve been uploading videos to our Yr 9 Ning chronicling life … Continue reading
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