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Best cat name ...a Russian blue called Kilmouski. Coo! Opportunity to lecture... Lots of people think "felix" is latin for cat."Felix" is Latin for "lucky". Further:"Felis", often applied to cats,...
View ArticleWondering
Cracks in the pavementCracks in the glassCracks in the wallsThat I walk pastCracks in my cup Cracks in my faceCracks in the dry dry mudWalking for milesLooking around me, I see your face;Your smile and...
View ArticleNew Computer
Actually a couple ... a wee while ago my beloved hp envy 14 died the final death. This is a shame because the graphite and magnesium case is a work of art I may frame it. What I would love is a laptop...
View ArticleEducation Blogging
The catalyst for my re-emergence from blogger purgatory (also known as social media - facebook and g+ yes yes I know... but at least I have resisted the pull of twitter) is the start of the TER course...
View ArticleTER Day 2: Reflections
Today was dull ... I've always been able to modularize things and tend to get into trouble for thinking out of the box so todays "turn you ideas upside down" stuff is just some expert telling me to do...
View ArticleTER day 3 reflections
Inquiry approach applied to teaching... most people followed something like this. I feel this sort of thing is a strength - after all: it's scientific method with less rigour. I have a few examples of...
View ArticleTER Day 4: Reflections
I am slammed. Outside life keeps demanding attention ... I have to get this sorted before practicum starts and deal to the first assignments, which I have yet to work on outside class. Lots of time...
View ArticleMini-Simon make things go boom!
What I used to get up to in High School ... I think this was 1984. This was pretty much on the edge then and probably illegal now. I didn't get any assessment credit...
View ArticleTER: Day 5 Reflections
Last F2F Day at Epsom; Activity: Bus stop ... getting kids to draw on each other's posters still feels like something for the more disciplined or I risk a cock-n-balls on everything, or tagging. Found:...
View ArticleWeekend...
Going over the materials from the last week and making hand-written notes for the 1st assignment. Bioclock woke me up at 6:20am...cc by nd: Simon Bridge
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Imperial Lane in the CBD has great coffee and free WiFi ... ANZAC weekend done and dusted, I can start plowing through the 1st assignment. This is a unit plan - I could just write one from scratch but...
View ArticlePhysics of Cats
There has to be a lesson in this someplace! Meanwhile I need to keep the link handy.How do cats land on their feet and other marvels.cc by nd: Simon Bridge
View ArticleReflection on Assignment 1
Worries about a friend have been distracting me and now I'm concerned my unit is not the size of the others. It's a physics investigation... I wonder if science units tend to be small? I'll have to get...
View ArticleDangers of analogies in teaching science
... and other issues.AnalogiesMisconceptions arising from teachingcc by nd: Simon Bridge
View Article1st module compete (sort of)
I am in the Coffee Club on Commerce street using their wifi because Imperial Lane, which is comfier, has a jack-hammer running right outside their door. Just proofed and tweaked the assignment for...
View ArticleWait... wait... PANIC
Disaster - I got distracted with personal issues and missed the deadline for assignment 2!!! I am 1 day 19 hours late getting it in because of this... I can only hope it's going to be OK. After all,...
View ArticleReflections: Practicum Day 1
You know when you've been away from some familiar place for a long time and you think you've forgotten everything but when you get there the old map of the place keeps asserting itself? It's like that....
View ArticlePracticum Day 4
Towards the end of a week; tomorrow is a "teacher only day" - which is for prof development etc which I will attend and reflect on but for now... The stand out today was a volunteer to supervise three...
View ArticleNew Resources
Google Classroomhttps://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6072460?hl=en ... it's Google. Census at Schoolhttp://new.censusatschool.org.nz/ ... school statistics resources. TES (Times Educational...
View ArticleQueen's birthday thoughts
Last Fridays was a "Teacher Only Day" at WHS - this was a day set aside for professional development - in this case, a series of seminars and workshops and um stuff on "Restorative Practice" from the...
View ArticleMath L1 NCEA L6
Started some structured teaching for senior maths early - this is because next week (when I would have started teaching) the seniors are all on external exams so no classes. I have a Y11 Math (this...
View ArticleY9 Sci NCEA4-5
Starting Y9 science this coming week. This is a mixed ability group with an unconventional teacher (Anton Ford). Last week his teaching style suddenly snapped into focus and made sense: he assigns...
View ArticleFailing!
I'm at the stage where I am seriously questioning the decision to do this course - the question was asked when I signed up. Back then I thought that I mainly needed to update core knowledge, and a bit...
View ArticleWaking up... again...
Looks like some very old blog entries are no longer around. I'll see what I can do about that. Meantime, what shall I write about?cc by nd: Simon Bridge
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