Microsoft Innovators

Danielle and I are now back from Cairns where we worked our little fingers to the bone getting the message out to anybody who would listen that to be great teachers you need great role models - like us!! Only kidding. It was a great 4 days and we were both really happy to receive recognition for our work on using digital storytelling to develop boys' literacy.

We now are busy developing the unit this term with the Year 7 boys and getting ready for round 2 of the award travelling to Singapore and Cambodia in Feb/March 2007 to represent Australia at the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Asia Pacific Conference.

For more information on the Microsoft Innovators class of 2006 click here.

ACEC Presentation

One of the hot sessions at ACEC 2006!! Seriously it was most enjoyable presenting a paper to colleagues that took 6 months of my time researching and writing last year. The paper can be downloaded from http://www.acec2006.info

ACEC 2006 Cairns

ACEC 2006 Cairns
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Just back from a lovely few days at ACEC 2006 held this year in Cairns. I was lucky to go courtesy of Microsoft Australia who sponsored a group of "Innovative Teachers" from all round Australia. The conference is a biannual event and this was my first. Over 1300 delegates from all over Asia Pacific, USA and some from Europe. It was really well organised and a heap of really interesting sessions. Some of the papers can be accessed from ACEC 2006 site www.acec2006.info