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Peter Westall

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With a Vengeance

I should HATE Technology ...with a vengeance! "It's all about SHOPPING!" I said in the year 19-something...and until recently I haven't changed that opinion. "Aha!" the Evangelists will say...."I knew he would convert.' Pardon the Apostasy, but at the moment I feel that the shopping catalogue is not looking so attractive and I have decided to stick with what does the job - more than adequately! (That's a reference to an Apple Rant /Vista Rant and a salutation to E-bay where I do some shopping,… Continue

Added by Peter Westall on April 11, 2008 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

A quaint ol' Cornish town...

Out for a "Boys Behaving Badly" evening when I had to put the glass down and actually go silent for a minute. "We're going on a holiday and to have a look at some schools in Cornwall. It would be nice to find a quiet, little village school away from all the hassles and administrative interference etc etc.." I blinked and wondered if such an idyllic place existed anymore - I hoped not. I thought about what I had read recently concerning "Technologically illiterate teachers" and I reflected upon… Continue

Added by Peter Westall on March 19, 2008 at 6:34pm — 2 Comments

Aargh! Why did I stick my head up?

...that's what I asked myself. I wrote about what I'm doing and I wished I hadn't! It is just so much easier to have a fabulous, albeit chaotic, enthusiastic time in my classroom so WHY did I feel I have to go and BLAB nonsense on a site where everyone is Louis Vuitton....that just popped in my head because I was carrying a ridiculous little box with microcomputers in it as I was leaving the school today and a member of the Parent Group gave me a bit of a "dig! I didn't care as I had managed to… Continue

Added by Peter Westall on March 5, 2008 at 4:40pm — 2 Comments

How NOT to "Wiki" - but I wanted to...

Our current Central Idea is "the production of food is a complex process." (This is IB PYP talk) While students have been finding out about "___________of the world." Just insert what you are interested in... To date we have potatoes, chillis ( a hot favourite....coiuldn't resist that) and cabbages. My cochlear implant kid decided to do noodles - ok, fine. We started 5Wiki.wikispaces.com which is our first entry into Wikis. Now in the back of many sing… Continue

Added by Peter Westall on March 4, 2008 at 12:52pm — 1 Comment

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