This morning while getting my daily dose of Kochie and Mel on Sunrise, the "gadget guy" was showing a new internet interface which, at the moment, has been dubbed '3D internet'.I'm really looking forward to doing a bit of research over the holidays into this interface. What I saw this morning looked very much like a gaming environment. You create an avatar and you take your avatar for a 'walk' through the 3D environment to visit web pages (this morning I saw a street scape with web pages on bill… Continue

Teaching for me is lifeblood - I simply cannot imagine doing anything else. Yes, like everyone, I have 'those days' - but I have come to realize that the reason that 'those days' were happening is because the kids that I have the pleasure of nurturing and watching learn simply weren't 'getting it' and weren't engaged.

Then I started to think - why?

I then thought about my own experiences in the classroom (and growing up!) and realized that my experience is so different to the children in my gr… Continue