Saturday, September 30, 2006

Birthday!

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Car Deck Originally uploaded by goforchris . A quick thank-you to all who sent me cards, presents and texts to wish me a happy birt...
Friday, September 29, 2006

Teacher training – some questions

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What, exactly, do they teach young teachers in teacher training colleges? That isn’t a rhetorical question, however Victor Meldrewish it may...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

A special place

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Glen Sannox from the start of the walk Originally uploaded by goforchris . A break from thinking about education today. Instead we ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Class blogs: the flies in the ointment

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I’ve done a good deal of thinking recently about the practical uses of blogs as a teaching tool in the English classroom, and a summary of ...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Brambles in the blogosphere?

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Brambles Originally uploaded by goforchris . I've just had the interesting experience of being interviewed for an embryonic loc...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Blast-off

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In response to the encouragement from my comments page, a brief report on last night's gig. What do I recall today? Two things stick in ...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Fly me to the Moon .... please

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Find today completely hijacked by the fact that I'm taking part in a charity concert in the Queens' Hall tonight. It's not as if...
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

TeachMeet06 recollected in tranquillity

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Looking back at yesterday’s visit to TeachMeet06, what are my impressions? Last night I was full of it – and out of my skull with exhaustion...
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Blogging and Creative Writing

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IMG_2610.JPG Originally uploaded by Edublogger . Text of presentation at TeachMeet06 Ok. I found the pearls. The twinset eluded me....
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

TeachMeet06

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DSCN0133 Originally uploaded by DavidDMuir . Having just got in from aquaplaning over the Rest and Be Thankful in driving rain - st...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Another new Edublog

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A quick welcome to a new edublogger over at wildbanks . Over the academic year we'll be covering the Standard grade coursework, starting...
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Prep time

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teachmeetbbb.jpg Originally uploaded by Edublogger . Preparing to make my own fairly minimal contribution to Teachmeet06 tomorrow...

The nights are ....

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DRAWING IN Tonight we lit two candles against the Autumn gloom - cool jazz on the music deck, cold rain a counterpoint – and ate the comfort...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

Jaelbait?

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It's a rocky road for the religious these days. I laughed aloud at this from youtube (thanks, Neil ) the other day, and followed with s...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006

Stating the obvious?

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After a day spent at a meeting of people involved in the next Cursillo weekend in Scotland, I am left with two thoughts. The first is that ...
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Thursday, September 14, 2006

A view from the stalls

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Oh, the joys of a life of freedom. Today I went to a matinee at the theatre for the first time without a gaggle of weans in attendance - to ...
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Consider the Lilies?

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Garden 9 - lilies Originally uploaded by goforchris . I came upon something I'd scribbled in my diary in July, when this photo ...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

A grand graduation

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Statues and sky Originally uploaded by goforchris . A family graduation? Need a good background for the photies? Nae bother - Versa...
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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Rubbernecking in a DUKW

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What fun we've had today - real tourist stuff. Probably the most eccentric was to go for a tour round central London on a DUKW - they do...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Oil on troubled waters?

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I can't let yesterday's journey go unremarked. Flying to London from Glasgow should be a scoosh - right? Well, we did indeed scoosh ...
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