links for 2011-06-13
Starting a blog : a guide for teachers | The Whiteboard Blog I wonder how many of us actually blog. Perhaps the real question is, why don't we? (tags: digital_revolution) Unbound | books are...
Monthly Archive: June 2011
How about these responses to Jensen?
Some of these letters are priceless: all a response to the rant from Sydney’s Anglo-Baptist leader! Remember— Same-sex marriage will lead to polygamy, says Jensen Leesha McKenny The Sydney Morning Herald 11 Jun 2011...
links for 2011-06-12
NSW Secondary mathematics teachers battered by a ‘perfect storm’ « 21st Century Learning I need to read this with some care because of the comments about the teaming of literacy and numeracy. Might link...
SMH Letters: responding to Hattie
Oh God, the teachers in these letters (The Sydney Morning Herald SmartEdition) just prove Hattie’s thesis! and the lay people show why we are always pushing shit uphill. I read with interest Professor...
Oranges and Sunshine
The Sun Herald article on Child Migrants is worth a read this morning. We saw Oranges and Sunshine last night and were moved and depressed in one moment. Wonderful performances but a heart-breaking story, so of course...
links for 2011-06-11
Prezi – The Zooming Presentation Editor (tags: education ICT digital_revolution teaching) 2011_forecast_update.pdf – Powered by Google Docs This is worth a read, because it highlights the gulf opening up between educators, policy makers and...
Ben Johnson’s Birthday
Garrison Keillor posted this on Writer’s Almanac, which is a great tribute: Hymn to the Belly by Ben Jonson ROOM! room! make room for the bouncing Belly, First father of sauce and deviser of jelly;...
What the F#$%$#’s going on?
So why the blog updates all of a sudden? It appears that sending emails about things is upsetting a small group of colleagues. Bugger it. I still want to post, record and comment to...