Tag: books

#Bookstores in New York City #NYC #bookshops

Posted by | Published on April 27, 2017

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it […] 

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February 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on February 26, 2015

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 […] 

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Charging Windmills: My Reading in 2014

Posted by | Published on December 28, 2014

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” George R.R. Martin “I wanted to crawl […] 

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Reading for pleasure?

Posted by | Published on December 3, 2014

Twice a year at this blog I reflect on books read. While drafting that soon to be published post, I started thinking about how children […] 

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Reading (so far) in 2014

Posted by | Published on July 6, 2014

“An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world […] 

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Book Week @ Taronga Video Conferences

Posted by | Published on June 27, 2012

I receive many requests to promote or publicise events or products at my blog each week. I never do. However, I am making an exception […] 

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Teacher-librarians: Context (Part I)

Posted by | Published on May 29, 2011

I am presenting to teacher-librarian colleagues about ‘digital communication tools’ this week.  I’d rather say we are ‘collaborating’ than I am ‘presenting’ and have used […] 

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Photography: My Reading

Posted by | Published on May 27, 2011

The shutterbug is feeding voraciously on my blood. I am happily bitten and wanted to share the best of what I have read on my Kindle […] 

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It’s a book

Posted by | Published on September 7, 2010

 

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My Spines

Posted by | Published on April 17, 2010

@LiteraryMinded asked about ‘our spines’ today and I have obliged below. However, it is my Kindle that has the most titles, especially chapter samples to […] 

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Parents and Education in NSW  →

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Recently I overheard a conversation between parents in a bookshop. They were struggling to understand NAPLAN, “minimum standards” and what a “band 8” actually meant in the context of the […] 

Growing-up online documentary  →

Posted in Digital life, Education, Popular culture, Professional development, YouTube

This PBS FRONTLINE documentary screened earlier in the year may be of interest. I found it pretty sensational but the chapter on high schools coping with the ‘revolution in classrooms’ and how many […] 

Your PLN  →

Posted in Education, Web 2.0

This is a great, professional looking slideshare presentation from Mark Woolley found at Heyjudeonline.  

Collisions & Smash Repairs  →

Posted in Digital life, Education, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, YouTube

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.1480937&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about “Collisions & Smash Repairs – Uploaded…“, posted with vodpod         This Mark Pesce keynote to the TAFE Sydney Institute ICT Roundtable, held at the […] 

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