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Civilization Revolution: Learning & Games

Posted by | 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 […] 

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10 questions for your child’s teacher

Posted by | 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 […] 

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The Endless Ocean, Situated Learning & James Gee

Posted by | 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 […] 

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10 IDEAS: blogED Prezi

Posted by | 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 […] 

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My #reading April 2016  →

Posted in Digital life, Featured

Every day I work on the edit of my book. I slog away, shifting chunks of material and moving them back, eating my salad in a daze, wondering if the […] 

The Handmaid’s Tale #review and my #reading in April  →

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“Our big mistake was teaching them to read. We won’t do that again.” The Handmaid’s Tale p. 307 I suspected re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood prior to viewing the Tribeca film festival […] 

February 2015: My Reading  →

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There’s been a good variety of books completed this month including graphic novels, historical fiction, essays, memoirs, biographies, contemporary fiction, revolutionary pamphlets and plenty of history. Christopher Hitchens and Thomas […] 

January 2015: My Reading  →

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It is not a New Year’s resolution but I intend to write one blog post a month about what I’ve been reading. Usually I write a roundup of books enjoyed […] 

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