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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 back to, read more carefully and follow up on some of the references....more...
Came across the idea of a hassle map via the following tweet from @susangautsch retweeted by @michaelbtw. It's generated two immediate responses...more...
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 without any instruction or reading any documentation. Plants vs Zombies, like most good games, is designed to help a new player learn about the game by playing the game....more...
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....more...
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. Before I do that, I'm have a couple of questions...more...
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....more...
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....more...