Archive for February 2010
Wha’ is the stars, Joxer?
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 21, 2010
Boyle: An’, as it blowed an’ blowed, I ofen looked up at the sky an’ assed meself the question — what is the stars, what is the stars? … Joxer: Ah, that’s the question, that’s the question — what is the stars? Boyle: An’ then, I’d have another look, an’ I’d ass meself — what [...]
The wonder of the cell
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 18, 2010
- In: Biology | cell | junior cert | Wonder in Science
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; we need to put the wonder back in to science education. Currently the science syllabus in school couldn’t be more devoid of wonder if you went through it with a microscope and deliberately sucked out all the good bits. To put the wonder back in we [...]
Engineers’ Week Family Fun Day
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 10, 2010
As an Applied Maths teacher I feel duty-bound to pass on the information that Engineer’s Week Family Fun Day is running all this week. Personally I believe that Engineers’ Week Family Fun Day is right up there with military intelligence, airline food and accurate horoscopes as a wonderful example of an oxymoron (religious education anyone?). And [...]
Best website ever: runner-up goes to TED.com
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 7, 2010
- In: TED | ted.com
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I am amazed that so many teachers are not aware of TED.com. Tagline: Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world It doesn’t matter what subject you teach – there is something there for you. I like it because it is a counter to the compartmentalisation of knowledge which is so endemic in secondary schools. [...]
Wonderful bank of science videos: howstuffworks.com
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 4, 2010
It’s no substitute for the real thing (YouTube) but howstuffworks.com is still a tremendous resource. The video section has taken hundreds of science videos and chopped them up into bitesize chunks, which is ideal for today’s student and their lack of attention-span. I have included links to many of them in the website under the [...]
CESI annual conference next weekend
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 2, 2010
- In: conference | Education | technology
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Once (and only once) a year do teachers come together from all sectors of education to share ideas and resources on teaching. You don’t get paid for attending, you don’t get a day off school and it doesn’t count as in-service training (although that wouldn’t be a bad idea) so the only teachers you will [...]
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