I went out to dinner with a group of “Edutwits” on Wednesday evening – an event organised by the amazing Kerry Johnson. Now, Kerry works for educationau but her influence spreads way beyond her official employment role. This dinner was a great example of that and connected up [...]
After reading an extract from a new Nikki Gemmell book about her Australian childhood memories and the contrast with her own children’s lives, I decided to think back to my own life as a kid in the seventies in rural South Australia. Here’s what memories come floating back to [...]
D’Arcy Norman poses the question, “How do you connect to people online?” This post is my response to that question.
It’s this blog that I value the most as a connection point with others. It’s where I started dabbling in this networked way, where I connected to my first edublogger [...]
In English, I’ve been trying to weave the skills of debating into my classroom. It has been something that the majority have found quite difficult, with many mistaking the ability to argue in a contrary fashion for insightful and clever debate. Their confidence in combining oratory skills and a considered [...]
