Just a quick note to say ……

Have a joyful break with family and friends …. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate in this way …… and Happy Holidays to my fellow teaching colleagues all over Australia and New Zealand as we begin our well deserved end of the school year break.

Over the next 6 weeks I’ll be catching up on my reading …. some for pleasure … some for technology, reading those blogs like Cool Cat Teacher and 2 Cents worth more in depth than the skimming I’ve been doing lately.  I’ve got heaps of ideas buzzing around in my head ….. and looking forward to starting next year with a new class of Year 7’s and new projects involving Web2.0.  I may even do some scrapbooking which has been seriously neglected as of late!   

Check out my colleague Simon’s new blog - I think I’ve passed on the blogging bug to him – yep he’s really been bitten by the bug now!  Way to go Simon!  We’re still waiting to hear if our application to present at the Learning @ School 07 Conference in Rotorua in February has been accepted.  Will keep you posted!  Dave Warlick of 2cents worth fame (one of my idol gurus!)  is a keynote speaker at this conference!   

To those that have been reading my blog ….. thank you …… I’ll be a bit dormant now for a while ….. but come February I’ll be keeping you posted on Room 18’s Web2.0 journey.

I’ve just read that Vicki Davis’ Flat Classroom Project won Best Classroom Wiki in the 2007 Edublog Awards – that’s fantastic!  I certainly voted for it.  Congratulations Vicki – well deserved and so inspiring to read your journey.  Keep up the sharing!  I especially enjoyed reading her share on 5 Things You May Not Know about me.