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Aerodynamic

Posted in music, tagged , on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Ever seen a happy bunny typing?
No?
Well, actually you can’t see me either, but I am said cheerful rabbit, because I finally have my hands on Aerodynamic by Tom Hodge, also known as the Pantene ad with Myleene Klass, which is one of the most gorgeous pieces of music I’ve heard in a long time.
I did [...]

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Fun at the park

Posted in ASD, children, walks, tagged on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

See family out for a walk, spotting ducks, geese, swans and even herons.
See children have fun on scooters and throwing stones into the water.
See son accidentally kick shoe into water.
See family laugh, then fail in attempts to retrieve shoe.
See son have total freakout because family cannot retrieve shoe. 
See mother attempt to bring shoe to shore by flinging [...]

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Can you be a constructivist librarian?

Posted in CPD, education, information literacy, investigations, learning and teaching, librarians, thinking, tagged , , on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Brooks, G.R. and Brooks, M.G. (2000) “Becoming a constructivist teacher” in A.L. Costa (ed),  Developing Minds: a resource book for teaching thinking (pp. 150-157). Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
There’s plenty of fascinating stuff in this tome but I’m particularly taken by this article. The authors define constructivism as
a theory of learning that places the [...]

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Getting Glowing

Posted in ICT, learning and teaching, resources, tagged on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Glow has had to take a back seat for a while, but I’ve had a chance to do a bit more exploring tonight. I’ve discovered some strange things have been happening. I’ve been allocated my SCA username / password, but wasn’t told about it. The new username also has my name spelt correctly, but I [...]

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Waiting for Godot

Posted in theatre, tagged , , on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I only knew the vaguest information about Waiting for Godot (although it’s always been on the mental “to do” list). When I came home tonight, I went hunting for more info, and used the Wikipedia article for an overview and list of further resources. It claims that  one of the sources for Godot was Caspar [...]

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Getting S3 to think

Posted in learning and teaching, questioning, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I returned from my latest university module with intention of talking to PT English about adapting S1/2 library visits. But as I’m describing the coursework and the plan for the portfolio, she interrupts. 3rd year, she says: they’ll have finished their Standard Grade, they’ll be in school and they’ll be bored. It’s a good chance [...]

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Shy and retiring?

Posted in school, tagged on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Well, not shy, more like quiet, but the second definitely fits. My boss is retiring.
He’s allowed me to spread my wings in all sorts of directions. He’s put up with my foibles. He’s helped me see the wider picture. He’s helped me learn how to explain my plans properly. I doubt that he’s aware of any [...]

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