Australia Day Part III

Surprisingly, Kate Winslet isn’t receiving the Australian of the Year award despite the fact she seems to be cleaning up all other awards lately! More surprisingly, her photo is prominent on the front of the Sydney Morning Herald’s online site, not the 2009 Australian of the Year, Mick Dodson!!
Mick’s dream is to achieve reconciliation in [...]

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Australia Day – Part II!

Loved this profile by the Sydney Morning Herald of a diverse group of young Australians newly arrived to this country. Their impressions of Australia makes for interesting reading.
Something else to think about and celebrate on Australia Day. Our cultural diversity.

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Australia Day – Part I!

Sun. Sand. Surf. BBQs. There are a lot of Australians celebrating  Australia Day today. Got me thinking about last year’s historic apology to our Indigenous people. Always a good reminder that there are two sides to every story.
So this video from Get up! is my contribution to the celebrations. Not everyone has reason to celebrate [...]

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Go you good thing!!

I like it! A lot!  I came across this visual search engine, Search-Cube, on Andrew Churches blog, Educational Origami. I think it will have great appeal to students.

Basically, the search results appear in the form of screen shots of the pages in a manipulative cube. You use your mouse or cursor keys to orientate the [...]

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A question about learning

This video has been doing the rounds of a few educational blogs. Michael Wesch, the interviewee, talks about the concept of “anti-teaching.”  The use of this phrase made me sit up and take notice.
Basically, he sees anti-teaching as
seeking too inspire with good questions
rather than just teaching content. Interesting!

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Say what??!!

Or What have we done to the English language – part II?? (See “Dunno. Nothin’.” post below).
Couldn’t resist this video! The member for Latrobe in Victoria mangles the English language beautifully during a sitting of federal parliament. Must have been riveting! There’s no-one visible on the benches behind him!!!
Smart move.

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NOW I get it!!

Came across this useful link, “How to embedd almost anything in your website.” I occasionally have problems uploading “stuff” to my blog. I have wondered if it is a problem with WordPress but I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s me!
Hopefully this new link will save me many future frustrating moments in front of my [...]

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Sort Of Dunno Nothin’ – Peter Denahy

A friend just emailed me this video which I love. I saw it for the first time last year on Spicks and Specks. Very funny! As my friend said, what have we done to the English language?!
Dunno. Nothin’.

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Not sure about how to use IT in the classroom? Start here!

Andrew Churches wiki, Educational Origami contains Starter Sheets which are pdf resources he developed for classroom teachers. These resources aim to show  teachers how they can use common web 2 tools like delicious, google maps, advanced google searches, wikis and more.The Starter Sheets are easy to follow with great visual support.
So if you are not [...]

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Teaching IS a positive career choice!

Here’s some juicy quotes about teaching. AND they are positive! Miracles can happen!!
From a study about misbehaviour of children and subsequent options later in life, a report on ABC (Australia) online quoted a Canadian researcher….
On the other hand, the teachers’ assessment was a good indicator of a child’s risk of delinquency, and a better guide [...]

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