Monthly Archives: January 2011
Art still matters
Your golden hair, Margarete by Anselm Kiefer. Title derived from Death Fugue by Romanian Jewish poet and WWII survivor Paul Celan. Read more here. The school year is starting again and so I thought I should air out some of my blogs … Continue reading
Kick Start Activity 3 (Advanced) – Add Some Muscle to your Blog
Well, my participation in the Edublogs-supported blogging activities is erratic to say the least… I wasn’t sure if I should skip to the latest activity number 6 or contribute belatedly to previous activities. As you can see I’ve gone for … Continue reading
Filed under blogging
Flashmob Moscow style
You’ve all seen the flashmob events made famous by Improv Everywhere, for example, Grand Central Station in New York. Here is a group doing the same thing in a Moscow shopping mall singing a popular Christmas carol. The singers are … Continue reading
Filed under Collaboration, creativity, Interesting, music
Going for Google Academy
I thought I was dreaming when I read a tweet about Google Teacher Academy running in Sydney, Australia this year. The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the … Continue reading
Filed under Google, learning, networking
Kick Start Activity 2 – Advanced – Posts! The heartbeat of the Blog.
First of all, how important is it for a blog post to be effective? That may seem like a stupid question but I think that it’s reasonable considering many bloggers would say they’re not out to score points. At the … Continue reading
Teacher blogging challenge – Kick start activity 1: Down blog’s memory lane
Learning anything means moving forward one step at a time, although sometimes you leap ahead and skip steps, or other times, slip and have to get up again. The steps are not always smooth but that’s life. This is … Continue reading
Kids teach parents tech in their own way
This makes me laugh; I think my eldest son may have left home because of this. It’s true that many of the ‘parent’ generation are less than expert at tech. Embarrassing, yes, and something I can completely relate to. When … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, parents, technology
