Right, time to start using this as a tool and not just another bookmark. Check out my English Class blog for (slow) improvements - any assistance is welcomed!
2 years ago
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Oh yeah, look who’s all cocky now she’s got her very own wikispace. That’s right folks, the good people involved in my accreditation process can now contribute through “acrediFi” - I know, the name could be reworked, but it will do for now. While not as fancy as some spaces, it definitely serves its purpose. The main beauty I see is that my important information can now be stored on a safe place in computer-world, and not on the bits of paper and occasionally books that I am forever losing. And all this from the girl who only last week was whining about ‘technology overload’. Nice.
3 years ago
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Staff room discussion about the importance of professional knowledge and competence in your content area. School politics and staff grievances aside (and some are well justified), it is so important to be able to fly and flow with your content.
Saw Germaine Greer speak in Byron last night and we’re all inspired. Such intellectual vigour, such comfort in her knowledge. The way she spoke Shakespeare’s sonnets was from her soul and her understanding of the characters was fresh and insightful. Yes, she’s opinionated, but the media representation of her as an angry feminist appears very one-sided.
3 years ago
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In the last 3 weeks I’ve had more to do with computers than ever before. I’ve got a tumblr page, an igoogle account with google reader feeds and 5 different tabs, and have set up my del.icio.us. Just had a look at wordpress and now beg the question - why? Why do I need a blog? I’m hard-pressed to keep up with my inbox, let alone have to post on a blog every day. I know I’m not that fast a typer (currently doing an online touch-typing course to remedy that) but do people who have all these things actually have a life? How many hours a day are they at their computer? The mind boggles.
Is this helping my teaching? Allan tells me to note this learning as part of my accreditation process. Ok, so I was able to instantly copy my Y11’s assignments onto my computer. A Y8 used it to run clips, footage and music for the play - don’t ask me how he put the stuff there! It is handy not to have to worry about memory sticks and reformatting work from PC to mac and igoogle is pretty damn cool. If I could just work out how to ditch some of the feeds I selected in the reader I might learn how to start using it properly. Slow and steady. I know, I’ll put my questions on my ToDo list so I can ask in Breakfast club - by the way, love the chocolate croissants.
3 years ago
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My first entry on my brand new Macbook - life is good.
One of the things I love about teaching is learning stuff from kids. By overhearing a conversation in the library today, I now know how to open new tabs with macs. So simple. The other brilliance of the day is del.icio.us. I’m following a student’s site and on his recommendation have added this application. All of a sudden I can use bookmarking as a relevant tool; organised and filed rather than crowding my toolbar.
Hmph - Allan said I was the genius of the Breakfast Club - very scary concept. Thing is, I still feel like such a luddite and if I feel this bad, how do my colleagues feel? Guess we just have to keep playing.
3 years ago
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