Mar 04 2009
A quick synopsis of things on my plate at the moment: I’m planning the grade 10 trip to Sapa that’s coming up in a couple of weeks. I’m working with MsMichetti to design/deliver an inservice to our fellow teachers about the new MYP Unit Planner. (Edit: I forgot this one first time through.) I’ve got [...]
Feb 25 2009
It’s a shame that we’re just finishing up Quadratics Functions in my IB Math SL course today. After being pointed to the Radio Lab podcasts from NPR by my buddy Shane, I found this video on parabolas in the real world. It would be interesting to start the unit next year by doing the same [...]
Feb 07 2009
It’s been a long time since I’ve had the chance to write anything in this space. With the craziness that end-of-term and reports bring, plus winter holidays in Australia (3 weeks!) and Tet (1 week in Singapore), plus the everyday stuff of teaching, preparing, marking and (oh yeah!) being a parent, time is sparse in [...]
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Apr 29 2008
There has been a fantastic free-for-all going on over at Beyond School. I won’t get into the specifics – check it out for yourself;the real excitement is in the 75+ comments – but it has focused on, among other things, assessing students in an English Language Arts classroom. In this age, how much weight should [...]
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