A really big day today....one of those days that will probably stay with me for quite a while.
Three things keep buzzing around in my mind
Schools, learning, education is never going to change until
1.) Teachers get appropriate professional development in order to fully comprehend and learn these new tools for learning. A couple of hours on the last day of term once a year just doesnt cut it
2.) Students need access to fast Internet connections via mobile devices
3.) The change needs to come from the top. Until governments, educational authorities and school executive groups actively sponsor the change of teaching practice in schools, it is always going to be a few keen teachers pushing the envelope and getting remarkable results while the rest complain about how the laptop is just a "distraction"
That might sound like a whinge, but actually it was a pretty good day. Time I started recording some PD resources in Youtube :)
Signing off, but I doubt I will get much sleep tonight, too much to think about
Friday, September 26, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Angry Doctor 2008
A memorable day, here are some key points
- Gorgeous day, after 3 days of rain, the track turned out mostly dry and hard packed. Some very fast single track and downhill fire trails, closely followed by some bone crushing climbs.
- 6hr 37 mins, 18th in the vets, not to bad
- great road trip with Matt Cohen, fellow jazz muso
- made rego just in time, caught up with Sandy, rode the Scott gambler
- dont know how many calories I did, but I ate lots of pasta night before, porridge and creamed rice for breaky. On the track four gels, 3 powerbars, one red bull, most of 2 litres of staminade, sustagen at the 80km mark was a god send.
- rode with Simon (Nat Parks guy) for most of the day, I thought he had left me for dead at the 70km , mark. At this point I was in a hurt box approx 6 feet long with the lid half nailed down, could barely walk up the hill let alone ride with some doubt flashing through mind mind whether or not I would finish. Some very nasty cramps made it interesting whenever I got on or off the bike.
Miraculously caught up to Simon and Ben at the 80km mark and we finished the race toghether, cheering louding each time as we passed each 5km marker, and crossing the finish line 3 a breast. Just awesome, as was the massage from Kate at Chiroports.
Will I be back? You bet.
- Gorgeous day, after 3 days of rain, the track turned out mostly dry and hard packed. Some very fast single track and downhill fire trails, closely followed by some bone crushing climbs.
- 6hr 37 mins, 18th in the vets, not to bad
- great road trip with Matt Cohen, fellow jazz muso
- made rego just in time, caught up with Sandy, rode the Scott gambler
- dont know how many calories I did, but I ate lots of pasta night before, porridge and creamed rice for breaky. On the track four gels, 3 powerbars, one red bull, most of 2 litres of staminade, sustagen at the 80km mark was a god send.
- rode with Simon (Nat Parks guy) for most of the day, I thought he had left me for dead at the 70km , mark. At this point I was in a hurt box approx 6 feet long with the lid half nailed down, could barely walk up the hill let alone ride with some doubt flashing through mind mind whether or not I would finish. Some very nasty cramps made it interesting whenever I got on or off the bike.
Miraculously caught up to Simon and Ben at the 80km mark and we finished the race toghether, cheering louding each time as we passed each 5km marker, and crossing the finish line 3 a breast. Just awesome, as was the massage from Kate at Chiroports.
Will I be back? You bet.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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