Archive for December, 2008
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
As I finish the school year, wind down for Christmas and look forward to a holiday I found this cartoon which puts a premium on dialogue. To all my readers have a Merry Christmas and I will return in the New Year.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Thanks to Judy O'Connell I found Howard Rhiengold’s short video which as Judy says summarises some pretty significant shifts taking place and makes a challenge for teachers. Again this would be a good clip to start some conversations with teachers about why they might want to adapt some of their ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
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Thanks to Liz Davis I discovered maps of the world of different data sets. This make instant and visual data that students can interpretate. A really valuable resource.
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
It's near the end of the school year here in Victoria and the pressure is on to finish the school year [student reports have been distributed, class lists finalised with the transition session tomorrow morning, the roll over of our administrative, financial and student welfare / assessment and reporting systems, ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
I found this video which may be of some use to teachers in classrooms looking to inspire students to greater heights. I thought some teachers might want to show it either in a transition program to get students to talk about their goals or at the start of the school ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
I have just stumbled upon google documents as a way of sharing in an interactive way student work that can be commented upon by peers and teachers alike and published if that's the end product. Its easy to enrol and worth a look by senior students. It's all part of ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
December 8th marked 28 years since John Lennon's death. There was a small column in newspaper that attracted my attention and got me thinking. John Lennon wrote a number of songs that I believe still have currency today - "Imagine" being one of them.
I recently listed to a TED talk by noted speaker Sir ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
This past fortnight I have talked about my schools performance on national tests to school council [NAPLAN] and now I've seen lots of editorials and responses in newspapers about Australia's performance in the recent international tests in maths and science for years 4 and 8 students called TIMMS.
Kevin Donnelly wrote in the ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I have just spent some time this week with school council looking at our year 5 student results for this years national tests [NAPLAN]. I publish the performance data of year 3 and 5 students on these tests each year in the school newsletter. This group, when compared to previous year ...
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Each year I invite parents to contribute information into the class list formation for the following year. I have felt that we as teachers do not know everything about students and an opportunity to have additional information was valuable. Of course I get the wish lists, requests and ultimatations as the process in ...
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