Monthly Archives: October 2005

Blog thoughts

I am having fun with the whole class blog thing this term. The kids seem to be enjoying the activities and have posted some interesting thoughts. While some of the work on their blogs is actually quite poor it is … Continue reading

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Something interesting…

I had to post this picture. It was taken during a thunder storm last night. The building getting hit is the recently open Q1 tower here on the Gold Coast. It is offically the world’s tallest residential tower.

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AT LAST

I just had to be the first in OZ to blog about the new iTunes music store!!!!! WOOHOOO Rumour was it was being launched at a press conference which is about 2 hours away from now!!! But it works now…. … Continue reading

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Podcast Episode 12

Episode 12 Another step into my classroom: Please send comments to edtech@brettmoller.com Right click to download the podcast

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PP File from Episode 12

Powerpoint presentation I used during the lesson recorded for podcast episode 12.

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Search engines….

Just listening to Bob Sprankle’s latest podcast where he shares a very interesting workshop he attended…. Certainly worth checking out. During the recording of the workshop someone mentioned clusty.com as a great search engine for students. As the name suggests … Continue reading

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Students blog away….

My students are still blogging away this term as they learn more about rainforests. There is so much value in this and the benifits of getting students to blog have been metioned so many times before. However, something new for … Continue reading

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New information enviroment and students thinking processes.

I am a teacher who enjoys bringing humour into my classroom environment. Past students often comment on how they miss a relaxed and humorous classroom. I decided that I would show some cartoons to the students as a bit of … Continue reading

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The $100 laptop for students?!?!

Well this is an interesting read…. The $100 laptop is a research project by MIT. An interesting idea in order to get laptops in the hands of every student. I would have to ask if this is possible in the … Continue reading

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