Cross posting

No, I’m not angry, or even mildy peeved. But all my blogging juices have been channelled into posts on other blogs recently – and why should you miss out? Beware. Some of these links may take you the blogs of my employers. Necessity is the mother of invention: an overview of how Christchurch schools have […]

Death by bullet (point)

“Students need to be effective oral, written and visual communicators” (revised NZC, English, p. 18) and “they recognise how choices of language, symbol and text affect people’s understanding” (Using Language, Symbols and Texts KC, p. 12) With so many of us using PowerPoint presentations these days, how can we make sure that they (and we!) […]

A star in a galaxy

Recent news stories on the number of blogs being published on the net made me feel somewhat humbled and insignificant. How is anyone supposed to compete? Technorati, which keeps an eye on the blogosphere, estimates that there are now 120,000 new blogs being created every day. Posts are being added to blogs at a rate […]