Posted in Reactionary on Nov 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I was very impressed with Madhu and Tania’s demonstration of their LAMs immersion activity. This type of learning design has all sorts of possibilities.
This type of lesson structure has obviously captured the imagination of others in our group. I was intersted to hear about Paul’s and Matthew’s thoughts on the subject.
When I was on practicum [...]
Posted in Reactionary on Nov 6th, 2008 No Comments »
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I have just been reading Mark’s blog on POE’s (Predict – Observe – Explain) . I am a big fan of POE’s and have done a number of them in science class. My favourite is the Alka Seltzer rocket. Each student is given a film canister [...]
Posted in Reactionary on Oct 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
I have just been listening to Madhu’s podcast . One of the key themes that comes out is the amount of time that it takes to organise a technology lesson. Every time I sit down to do something on the computer I look at my watch and find that two or three hours have disappeared [...]
Posted in Reactionary on Aug 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jane’s article “But why can’t I play on the computer all day? ..” was very relevant to me as I have a 9 year old son who’s every waking moment is spent wanting to play on the playstation.
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But then I think about my own childhood and [...]
