Category: Featured

Passion for learning…

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 19, 2011

For the first time in 20 years I do not have English classes to teach. The principal has requested that I am ‘off the timetable’ […]

Posted in Education, Featured | Tagged digital citizenship, Pedagogy, personalised learning, PLE, PLN | 10 Comments

Pen & Paper Exams

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on February 26, 2011

A recent conversation with a colleague, who genuinely believes that students are more creative when they write with a pen, really made me wonder about the […]

Posted in Digital life, Education, Featured, Government | Tagged DERNSW, Digital Revolution, HSC exams | 24 Comments

Civilization Revolution: Learning & Games

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 24, 2010

Do you play video games? Lucy (7) and I are playing Civilization Revolution (CivRev) on PS3 with great gusto. Sarah (4) plays this same game on the iPad and we […]

Posted in Digital life, Education, Featured | Tagged Civ, computer games, learning, PS3 | 3 Comments

10 questions for your child’s teacher

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 7, 2010

I have never had a parent ask me any of the questions listed below, except, perhaps, the one about ‘happiness’ in a number of guises. I […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development | Tagged reflection, school | 22 Comments

The Endless Ocean, Situated Learning & James Gee

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on July 13, 2010

Holiday Fun At the beginning of the school holidays I asked Miss 4 and Miss 6 what we could do together for fun. Quite a […]

Posted in Digital life, Featured, Popular culture | Tagged computer games, fun, learning, wii | 4 Comments

10 IDEAS: blogED Prezi

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on July 8, 2010

This is a draft of my presentation, to be delivered next week at the Office of Schools conference, Engaging learners through innovative practice, about blogEd, the NSW […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development, Web 2.0 | Tagged blogED, Blogging, conference, DERNSW, DET, Pedagogy, Prezi, social media, social networking, workshop | 23 Comments

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Bravo Chris Bonnor. johnmenadue.com/tudg… Although anyone who has worked longer than 5 minutes in education could have identified the key features mentioned in the article.

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"Australia has the lowest rate of electric car ownership among developed countries." abc.net.au/news/scie…

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⁦@NASA⁩’s #Ingenuity helicopter makes historic first flight on Mars abc.net.au/news/scie…

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"Investment in early childhood education provides greatest benefit" is another in the "who'd ever have guessed series" but nevertheless completely worth reading. johnmenadue.com/inve…

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