Archive for May, 2008
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
In this conversation students were asked to view a youtube clip and answer a selection of questions ranging from lower order: 1. How are x-rays produced, 2.What is ‘x-ray’ short for? to higher order thinking: 9. Do you think x-rays pass through bone or flesh more easily? .The students decided ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Session 1: Reflection
'reflection is crucial'
looking at the vacancy information from job descriptions and where we are in relation to that?
guiding principles
building teacher capacity
comic life self-reflection activity
successes: use of ict to deliver curriculum
challenges: less teacher centred/ more student centred but still having a high level of mathematical expectations.
ideas: pbl,smaller packaged units ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
The following clips were produced by the Unit 1 Physics class as a result of their investigations into cloud chambers. Each student was given a particular aspect of cloud chambers to investigate. The resulting videos combined explain how cloud chambers operate.
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
In this keynote John Hattie discussed his ideas and thoughts (supported by extensive research) on the "Influences on (student) Achievement".
This was by far one of the most interesting and contentious of all the keynotes I attended at the Australian Summer School for Mathematics. I think the reason for this ...
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