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Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Recently I was listening to a teacher at my school, Aylie Berger, present some work on learning in Mathematics. A number of items were really interesting but for me the research around the "primary recency effect and cognitive closure" really struck a chord. The work comes from David Sousa's work ...
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Sunday, May 26th, 2013
This weekend I lost my i phone.
I was out at a restaurant and after paying the bill walked out with friends leaving my phone on the table. It wasn't till the next morning that I discovered - no phone - thank god for the "Find i phone app". I used ...
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Sunday, April 14th, 2013
Over the Easter break I was fortunate to stay in a small ski lodge at the foot of Mt Buller. While I was there I took this shot whilst walking along the Delatite River.
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Monday, March 11th, 2013
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Over the past month we have conducted weekly walkthroughs to gather data on elements of our school culture.
Prior to conducting a walkthrough we asked staff what they thought the protocols surrounding walkthrough should be. To build and keep up trust we have followed these staff listed protocols. These protocols ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
The French President is the latest in a growing line to suggest a ban on homework. In a recent BBC article he was cited as saying homework is not fair as it advantages the wealthy parents who have time to support their students.
Before I make a comment I think some ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Towards the end of 2012 I took a large part of the New Years leadership team to hear Michael Fullan speak on the use of technology in his change theory for schools. He has published a new book called Stratosphere (integrating technology, pedagogy, change knowledge).
He challenged us to raise life ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
I have just returned from the Annual Walker Cup Golf event which is in its 31st consecutive year. The event which is played over 72 holes has players coming from interstate: Perth and Brisbane.
This years singles winner, Alan Roberts, won by one shot. Alan played in the second last group ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
The 2012 WordPress Annual Report on my blog has prompted me to acknowledge and thank all my readers over the year. In 2012 there were 14,000 views of my blog. People from over 105 countries visited the site with the bulk from either Australia, USA or the United Kingdom.
The most ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Elsternwick Primary was invited to join 6 other schools from the Southern Victorian Region in Australia to travel to Changzhou City in the Jiangsu Province in China to establish a sister school. I believe the invitation recognised the efforts of our teachers, particularly our Mandarin Teacher Ms Rebecca Hickman, to ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
I took this photo while walking along Sunshine Beach with my iPhone 4. I really liked the cloud formation and the contrasts. PS I made it back to unit before it rained.
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