So far my classroom ning has not been as successful as I had hoped. I really thought my students would take to it and write volumes about what they were doing and why they were doing it. But the reality is that they just didn't - and their output and reflections were much the same as when we just used notepad.

They have now started on their first major project and so I am hoping they will be more inclined to diarise their progress. Of course, I will need to encourage them by providing some more… Continue

Ok, so in two days the term ends!

I have a question though, can someone tell me where it has gone? It only seems like yesterday that I walked into a room full of fresh eager faces and now I'm waving them off for a two week break. Not saying we don't deserve or need it!!

Granted we've had swimming lessons, swimming carnivals, a few incursions etc, but where has the time gone? I sat today with colleagues to review our cycle one teaching programs and we all said the same thing, "You'll have to ex… Continue

The base is now complete. We skinned it with 6mm MDF

And carpeted it with an old rug that was the right colour.

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You can be the Voice of the Future

Schools across Australia are invited to host a 2020 School Summit during the three weeks commencing March 17th 2008. Teachers are asked to encourage their students to articulate and communicate their feelings and ideas for the future of Australia.

Interested students who are not at a participating school may… Continue

Several things have been happening, but none of them really exciting.

1. We have build the platform to stand the simulator on. We used pallets. Of course, one pallet wasn't wide enough and two was too wide so we ended up cutting and the base is 1 1/2 pallets wide by 2 pallets long. The pallets are rectangular so the base is 2.4m by 1.8m. We braced them all together and screwed everything tight. Then we discussed whether or not it should be be mobile. We ummed and ahhed and decided it should. It… Continue