Shakespeare & Technology
This is another assignment from my final semester English class. There were two parts to this assignment. 1) Select one of the websites about Shakespeare from the e is for English page and discuss how it could be incorporated into an ‘Introduction to Shakespeare’s World’ unit. 2) Take one scene from a given selection and [...]
English: Poetry & Technology
The Task: Compile a Poetry Anthology of 10-12 poems for a year 11 class. at least 4 must be pre-20th century, and NONE can be from any of the poets in the HSC 2009-2012 prescriptions. a maximum of 1 set of lyrics or prose poem is allowed. cannot be the work of only one poet. [...]
Death by PowerPoint
I came across this fantastic presentation full of design tips for educators. This presentation is one of the best looking PowerPoints I’ve ever come across, and I’ll definitely be taking its advice. Tweak Your Slides: Ten Design Principles for Educators (version 2.0) View more presentations from Chiara Ojeda
War poetry
I have a couple of assignments in the works at the moment. Whilst working on my WW1 History assignment, I came across something that almost made me change my topic for my English Poetry assignment. The BBC UK website has two great animations to help students visualise war poetry – In Flanders Fields by John [...]
Teaching the Bible
This course had two major assessments, one being an essay, and the other being a teaching unit. Additionally we were required to participate in a weekly online discussion. Overall I received a HD for this unit. For the essay, I had to write on one of the following topics: a) An exploration of some aspect [...]
Essay: Using popular culture to teach the Bible
The Bible is a difficult text for anyone to study and interpret, particularly high school students. The text is very removed from their everyday lives and experience, having been written in and about a very different time and place to modern Australia. A superficial view and understanding of the Bible leaves students struggling to find [...]
ICT and History
It’s funny – I’m a tech nerd. I love ICT. So, you’d think an assignment where I have to write about incorporating ICT into lessons I’d nail it…. but nope. The biggest problem I had with writing this paper was the fact that there are only so many ways you can say ‘yes, it’s easy [...]
ICT and History
I’m working on an essay at the moment about ICT and History – looking at how it is used, how much the curriculum wants you to be incorporating ICT, blah blah blah. Of course, I’ve gotten completely distracted (well, not completely I guess) and have found some really interesting (and some are even relevant!!) resources. [...]
Back to uni, semester 2
Today was my first day back on campus this semester, and I enjoyed it a kazillion times more than I expected. This semester I’m studying EDUC262: Education: The Learner TEP248: Inclusive Education TEP388: Curriculum and Instruction in the Secondary School II EDUC262 and TEP248 are being done externally, and so far, so good. They don’t [...]