Teaching Sagittarian

Got a few minutes to play?  Thanks to the guys over at Simple Spark Catalogue, I’ve had an abstract ten minutes!

I quite enjoyed taking time out to create my very own Mr PicassoHead. Not that I overly-rate my abstract art skills!
This could be a new way to create an avatar, or explore the elements of [...]

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Things have been a bit quiet on the “posting” front lately (apologies for that dear readers!). It’s taken quite a while to settle back into routines in the classroom since my two month stint out in Argentina and Beyond!
But things are slowing returning to normal and though I’ve not been blogging very much, I’ve [...]

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No doubt most of you are aware of what is going on with Al Upton and the Mini Legends - so I’m not going to rehash the story, just point you in the direction of strategically placed hyperlinks. Vicki Davis writes a great explanation post about her thoughts on this issue, sadly, [...]

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I had to laugh ……. because isn’t this always the way?  Just days, and I mean just days, after finding a creative commons image to represent my passion for a classroom without walls for the Miguel Guhlin’s Passion Quilt Meme ……… the perfect photo in my very own backyard presented itself! Our very own [...]

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Clay Burell is a man that makes things happen.
And what he makes happen is amazing.
In just 2 more days Students 2.0 edublog will be launched.
Adults and teachers talk about education and students, but rarely invite students into these discussions. Fortunately, this blog plans to change that by offering an authentic student voice upon education. This [...]

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This looked like a bit a fun ……. so I tried it …… (Thanks Jeff Utecht)

I’m not sure if it’s a compliment or not.
What’s your blog’s reading level?

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Earlier today, I managed to listen to the audio file of Jeff Utecht’s K12Online Presentation, Sustained Blogging in the Classroom.   (I gave up trying to get the video file - for some reason my downloading time is excruciatingly slow at the moment).
I was particularly interested in this presentation as our classroom blog is up and [...]

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Yup, 80%. Check this out!

Then I thought I’d be smart and find out how addicted I am to coffee!
 
 
Thanks Rachel, what a fun site!
So, how addicted are you?  Click here to find out!

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As a result of posting about Video Conferencing Anyone? I’ve had two awesome replies.
The first was from Gill D. Gill works with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. They video-conference with school children in remote areas of Scotland. Since we have many students in our class who are have been learning instruments [...]

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This is my new toy - a SONY ICD-U70. It has voice recording, MP3 playback and a max of 502 hours of recording time thanks to 1 GB of storage. I’ve got heaps of ideas on how I can use it in the classroom - to justify the $149 I just spent!
So here’s [...]

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