One of these days I plan/hope to have the time to catch up on some reading that I have let slide over the last couple of years. To this end this post marks a new practice. I’m using a “to read” category on this blog to save some detail of things I need to come
Month: September 2011
A hassle map for Year 10 mathematics? You can't focus on the negatives?
Came across the idea of a hassle map via the following tweet from @susangautsch retweeted by @michaelbtw. It’s generated two immediate responses Is it an option for the Year 10 mathematics class I’m going to be teaching? What do all the happy clappy, Appreciative Inquiry type folk think of this? http://twitter.com/#!/susangautsch/status/116640470842613760 Year 10 Mathematics In
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Can e-learning tools be more like Plants vs Zombies?
I’ve just had a visit from my 6 year-old son. He was jumping out of his skin with excitement and a sense of achievement. Apparently he’s just won a “chilli that blows up a whole row of zombies” in Plants vs Zombies. A game he’s been playing on and off for a couple of days
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A course outline to increase relevance of IPT
A few weeks ago I posted about some apparent trends in the number of enrolments within the Queensland High School subject Information and Processing Technology (IPT). All things being equal, I’ll be qualified to teach that course in Queensland High Schools next year. One of the assignments I had to complete was to design a
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BIM and BIM2 – Who needs it? What do you need?
Earlier this year, as the assignments mounted with my Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching, I put the development of BIM on the back burner. As my study to become a teacher winds down (stops for good on November 11 at the end of a 6 week internship) I’m thinking of re-starting work on BIM.
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The final plan: Khan Academy, gamification and the flipped classroom
Just over a month ago I started planning a Unit of Work (UoW) for Year 10 Core Mathematics. i.e. the rationale and design of about 8 or so weeks of lessons for such a class. The following gives a description of the final unit of work. In the end, the UoW makes little use of
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A summary of one perspective on the Digital Education Revolution
Have to give a 5 minute summary of an earlier presentation on the Australian Government’s Digital Education Revolution (DER). The following is a first draft of the summary. Technological change and schooling When do you think the following quote was made around the likely impact of a particular form of technology on the formal schooling
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