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Andrew Wright’s PD sessions last week were both entertaining and thought-provoking. The topics were: Helping students to make stories, Using stories, Using Games. Andrew is a storyteller, language teacher, author, illustrator and teacher trainer. His blog has links to the presentations he gave at QA, and to many other articles, as well as to full text copies of many of the stories he tells. Andrew’s visit coming, as it did, hard on… Continue

The thoughts shared by Julie in her blogs on the Dangerously Irrelevant Site and cross-posted on her own E-Learning Journeys blog http://123elearning.blogspot.com/ are inspiring, encouraging, interesting and empowering. The tools referred to are available to us all; the concepts are exciting and Julie’s enthusiasm is contagious. Julie’s overview of the privileged position in which we find ourselves as members of the Education City fraternity is clear and challenging. Julie’s blog post – “What’s… Continue

This was a gathering of librarians from schools across a wide geographical area. IB schools were in the majority. The emphasis on students’ research, information gathering and use, and the use of Web 2.0 tools in creating and sharing information was particularly pertinent, and gaining insight into current research, resources and practice in the field was very useful. Link to conference handouts, and relevant urls: (Some links are still to be put up, so it would be worth returning…) http://read2… Continue

An Australian site with links to some interesting global projects: http://ozprojects.edu.au/ Global Education Visual Stories Challenge is one of them. Nerine

There was so much that was new and inspiring in today's sessions! Thank you to Kim, Julie and Mike for welcoming us on board and taking us with them on this journey. One of the things that I found interesting and reassuring was that we were introduced to some concepts and tools that were completely new to me, and I was intrigued by them, and look forward to exploring them further. Then there were others that I had come across, but I discovered aspects that I hadn't been aware of before; it made… Continue