Tag Archives: passion based learning
School’s out Friday
You really just have to take the time to watch this video in its entirety. This kayaker has an amazing encounter with a Blue Whale, and his decision to peer under the water to capture images of this mammoth creature … Continue reading
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Why I want to study HTML & CSS from the beginning
OK. Part two of my quest to be a person who understands code. For those of you unfamiliar with what code is, it’s the parade of letters and brackets and delimiters that makes the pages on the Web look the … Continue reading
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Meet Cartoon James
The other week, I received an email from James, the brother of a student from my school. James contacted me because his sister Kate had given him some advice about what he needed to do if he wanted to pursue … Continue reading
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Student’s 2.0- what’s it all about, Jenny?
On January 1st 2010, I wrote a post called ‘The era of the everyman – but you better be good’. In it was this paragraph; I’m a little disappointed that the elective I proposed for this school year, Learning U, … Continue reading
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Melina Marchetta – a passion based learning success story
I visited the State Library of Victoria with students from my school today to hear Melina Marchetta talk about her latest novel, ‘The Piper’s Son‘. It was a discussion session, artfully facilitated by Penni Russon, a young adult writer (and … Continue reading
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