Archive for September, 2009
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Thanks to Greg Carroll from New Zealand for the link. I'm talking more and more in the staff room and off the cuff comments about the social medium of web 2.0 at staff meetings these days. There seems some tensions around this in schools!
I recently thought about a "communication problem" at ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/senecavalleyhs/childdev/maslow.htm
We have trying to clearly define our school's core purpose that will help give direction to our improvement work over the next years. The school's purpose is stated in the strategic plan which is a formal agreement between the community, teachers and DEECD. Teachers and parents want to publish the purpose in differing ways ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
I have been thinking about using podcasts on my blog and / or school website to talk about upcoming events or talk through some thinking about various topics ie school purpose - and I came across Bill Carazzo's blog entry about the start of the school year.
He had a link ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
I'm not sure this works for adults - hence my go at this for my staff but I can see this as a hit for students as they review their inquiry topic. I will post the wallwisher link for those interested in exploring this. The log on and account creation is ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Like John Connell I thought I could play a little guitar but after listening to this child prodigy I think my next move is to the drums or rhythm sticks. I'm told my singing of the national anthem at Monday morning assemblies isn't that tuneful either. Luckily the music teacher ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School
View more documents from Sacha Chua.
Following on from the social media theme I found this presentation which teachers might find interesting. It has a message for us all about using the web 2.0 tools in teaching and learning.
Since my last post I have located a good ...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
The clip is thanks to Warrick Wynne.
Today at the end of the school day I walked into a classroom to catch up with a teacher about workforce planning for 2010 and saw the face of a young teacher, currently in Laos on the interactive whiteboard. The young graduate teacher in Laos ...
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