Teaching Sagittarian

I stumbled across this video tonight as I was taking part in the 31-day Comment Challenge. I was directed to it from a blog that I hadn’t read before called Literacy, Technology, Learning authored by Sarah Hanawal.
The video itself is by Bill Farren. He’s an educator in the Dominican Republic blogging at Education [...]

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Yesterday I struggled.  I struggled with a class that I had been asked to speak to in English about New Zealand.  This is the second time I have struggled with a class over the past week – both classes of students were about the same age.  They were also the same age as my students [...]

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I am struck by the differences in Paraná’s public/private schools compared to the public schools of New Zealand.  I teach in a public school, in fact, most students attend a public school for most if not all their schooling.  
Since I have not taught in any other areas apart from Napier, I can not compare [...]

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I haven’t been posting much lately ……. BUT I have been post-reading (see my blogroll - I really do read all those blogs and a few more). I haven’t been blogging much lately …… BUT I have been reflecting. Actually, I’ve been reflecting a lot - taking a really good look [...]

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I’ve just had an amazing session in the Tuesday Chat of WOW2 (Women of Web 2.0) over at EdTechTalk with WorldBridges  So many things were achieved today for the first time and it was so easy too! (Just a few hiccups on my part!)
Today I’ve managed  log in to a chatroom and chat, (actually got the timezone right this time!) [...]

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Here are my resolutions for 2007 …….

Maintain a class wiki
(kinda started this already - just need Students to start school year now!)

Explore Google Earth
(like this assignment that Chris Craft has done)

Join a collaborative project
(Just got an email today from Online Projects saying there’s a match! Yahoo!)

Have a go at podcasting 
(check this site out - it’s great!)

Skype [...]

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There are some amazing people out there sharing their best “toys” for educators to use in the classroom - most are free, some have a little charge.  Check out these links:-
“New Toy” Heaven in 2007″  from the Cool Cat Teacher (Vicki A. Davis) at techlearning.com
Bit By Bit by teachers for teachers - there’s a wealth of [...]

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It’s amazing what you come across, late at night, (when you’re actually looking for something else!!).  I’ve just finished listening to a presentation by an Australian teacher called John Pearce. (His other blog here) 
He’s recorded a 30minute presentation entitled
“It’s Elementary“  discussing the success of his journey regarding Web2.0 technologies.  This is a definite must listen [...]

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I’ve just finished reading a fantastic post on Chris Craft’s blog about Skyping Peru and listened to a podcast about it (I was originally listening to Vicki Davis’s 5 min podcast on her Flat Classroom Project) anyhow ……… Skyping!  I’ve heard that Skype might not remain free after January 2007.  We seriously need to do something [...]

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If you haven’t already ….. you need to take at look at this guy! Quentin D’Souza aka Teaching Hacks.com.  Download his Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators - it’s become my bible - and it’s a little tatty too through over-reading.  Add to that CoolCatTeacher’s handy tips that she’s giving out all the time and I’ve got [...]

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