<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Bill Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com" target="_blank">billkerr@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="im">
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com" target="_blank">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Bill,<br><br>I'm excited that you are doing pilot. How old are the kids? From the blog posts it looks like you have some XOs, are you using SoaS on other computers too?</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>thanks for the mail, Caroline</div>
<div><br></div><div>one xo</div><div>standard usage is SoaS, for this course</div><div>year 10 approx 15yo</div><div>course outline involves critical evaluation and building some useful software</div><div>details: <a href="http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/07/course-outline.html" target="_blank">http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/07/course-outline.html</a></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>This looks amazing!!! </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>thanks Caroline</div><div><br></div><div>this might be of interest to wrt your point 4 Curriculum, pedagogy, lesson plans - as well as the big picture curriculum the nitty gritty curriculum grows out of listening diligently to student feedback lesson by lesson, one of the things that makes transfer of a curriculum package from one site to another so difficult</div>
<div><br></div><div>student blogging allows for such feedback - my whole lesson plan for tomorrow is pretty much based on that and it will extend beyond tomorrow - see this blog for more detail</div><div><a href="http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/ideas-arising-from-student-blogs.html">http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/ideas-arising-from-student-blogs.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>the trap for busy worked trapped teachers is to rush through marking etc. and not pause for that reflective response - part of my reason for working part time</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>
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