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A Baker’s Dozen: Most Enjoyable Reads of 2017
Reviewing the books read or re-read in 2017, I chose the thirteen (sic) most satisfying reading experiences for the year. In other words, I reflected […]
#TheirBrilliantCareers #review and my #reading in September
“Actually, most of my previous publications listed in ‘Their Brilliant Careers’ are made up! It’s all part of the joke. The only real one is […]
Digging even deeper
The following article was originally published in the May 2017 edition of Family Tree Magazine. Henry Carroll (1812-74) was largely a mystery when I wrote the original Digging Deeper article […]
HSC English: Letter to NESA
Recently I received a letter from English educators concerned about the changes to the Higher School Certificate. Many readers of this blog are passionate English teachers […]
Nine Lives #review and my #reading in January
“Along with poetry, travel writing is one of the oldest literary forms in the world.” […]
My #reading December 2016
Why shouldn’t we separate children as young as seven or eight into two groups: those few children who are “gifted and talented” and the many, […]
#BYOD and the @Adobe Creative Cloud #CreateEdu
Students and teachers at NSW State Schools have great opportunities to be creative with access to quality digital tools for free or greatly reduced prices. […]
Citizen Science and Big History
National Geographic encourages student citizen scientists to participate in their Genographic Project, which employs cutting-edge genetic and computational technologies to analyse historical patterns in DNA […]
Reflections on magic
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C Clarke’s third law of prediction came to mind while walking through wetlands near my home […]
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Did Orwell smoke opium in Burma?
George Orwell spent five years working as a police officer during the 1920s before unexpectedly resigning to become a writer. There is compelling circumstantial evidence […]