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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Interactive Whiteboard Sites
Tonight I stumbled upon Bill Gaskins blog which lists some tremendous sites for teachers who have interactive whiteboards. I really like the edheadsites as well as the national geographic sites – they are well worth a visit – thanks Bill Sites … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative Communities, Teaching, Uncategorized, Video Clips
Tagged http://bloggingonthebay.org/
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Fires continue to burn amid questions what if that was a school day!
Every meeting I attend recently at some point has conversations about the ongoing – yes that right, 2 weeks later and I still say on going – bush fires. Today was no exception at the first network principals meeting where … Continue reading
Shiftables: A part of the future with us now
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/457 Thanks to Mrs Durff’s blog I found this TED talk by David Merrill from MIT who has made these small interconnected computerised blocks that enable us to explore and create. Just watch!
Breaking down silos to make sense of networks.
As a principal of a school we all know about the benefits of breaking down the walls of classrooms or silos so that the teachers can learn from each other and question each other so that we build the collective professional … Continue reading
Fires burn Victoria
No doubt many people have heard about the horrific fires that have raged over large parts of Victoria over the weekend. With a rising death toll expected to reach over 200, 700 homes lost, whole towns destroyed it certainly is … Continue reading
Wordle Art
I created this wordle using my blog’s main words. Its quite easy to create the picture although I had to use paint to edit the image before I could put it on my blog. Those wanting access to the site … Continue reading
Wordia
Last week I found a site that might interest teachers of older students. Its an online dictionary that has videos uploaded from people trying to explain the word. It’s interactive and encourages people to leave comments. It uses youtube so … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative Communities, parenting, school, Uncategorized
Tagged http://www.wordia.com/
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Graduate Teachers starting at Elsternwick Primary
The school leadership team in conjunction with teacher mentors have spent some time last week inducting 5 new graduate teachers into the profession and working here at Elsternwick Primary for 2009. The first day was for graduates and their mentors and the … Continue reading
Survival skills and holiday walks
Over the holidays I spent 3 weeks with the family at the beach, in fact two beaches Point Leo and Lorne. The slideshow in the right column has various pictures taken on the walks. Time went quickly as it does for most … Continue reading