I actually wrote this four years ago, in December, 2008. But it’s been four years… and it’s time to share the story again. My parents are now safely home, a little shaken, a little scarred, a little sensitive. They’re physically fine, other than some coughing from Mum, possibly from smoke inhalation or the tear gas […]
Or, more accurately: what to do when your parents are hiding in silence in a room in a hotel that has been taken over by terrorists… Establish contact with parents. Have first bout of mild hysteria. Steal your housemate’s phone so that you can make phone calls without risking missing a call/text from your parents. Call […]
Last week our students presented their posters at our culminating event, the (4th) annual EDUC1706 Science Fair. In their own time, and in pairs, students were required to undertake a scientific inquiry, keep a science journal, and produce three products: a complete report of their findings and implications, a poster that communicated their research and […]
If I could try to replicate any study, it would be that of Joseph Novak, in the 1960′s and 70′s. Novak is most famous for having “invented” concept maps, but the story of why he developed concept maps in the first place is little-known and particularly relevant to primary school teachers and science curriculum writers, […]
Hey, so someone landed on this blog yesterday with the search term “meet the robinsons technology education”. Makes sense; they would have been directed to this post I wrote about technology education. Given that someone’s actually interested, I thought I’d share some of the opportunities the Disney movie Meet the Robinsons, rated G in Australia, provides […]
