October 2008 - Posts
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By the last term of school, teaching with high energy, and captivating student's attention, becomes quite a challenge... and so does student behaviour. This year I've stumbled upon a methodology which has changed our entire class energy and dinamics:
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Our theme for this term is 'Celebrations' and today the entire school celebrated their own culture by coming to school in our traditional dress. I used Vuvox to create this beautiful kaleidoscope to remember our day: What beautiful people we have in our
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Our school-wide focus this year is Making a Difference. One of the ways to do this is to make use of the site Free Rice , where you donate grains of rice with every click. I've been wanting to write about this site for some time now, and many bloggers
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One of my first posts ' To Blog or not to Blog ' was written a year ago, at uLearn '07. I remember how thrilled I was when Jane Nicholls posted a comment! A year later my blog is a finalist in the Interface Magazine's Best Teacher Blog category. I'm so
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I'm so excited that after only one year of blogging, my blog has been chosen as one of only 5 runner-ups for the Best Teacher's Blog category on the New Zealand Interface Magazine. Please have a look at my blog and vote for me here ! Thanks for all the
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Both breakouts today have been great, and I'm looking forward to the next one, too! Breakout 3: Inquiry with Interactive Whiteboards with Clair Ross This was really inspiring. Claire is a down-to-earth and engaging presenter, and sure knows her stuff.
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Here I am, waiting for my first breakout of this year's uLearn '08 to start. It's a marvellous day, I had a great breakfast, and I'm still buzzing from yesterday's pre-conference breakout on photography! David Kinane ( Turning the Supertanker ) is just
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I've had a fantastic day today with Stuart Hale at the pre-conference breakout. We've learnt fantastic new tricks and at last I know what all the buttons on my camera are used for! We also spent some time having a look at all the functions in iPhoto!
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