Many an IDEAS FESTIVAL wants people to think about 'the way we think, eat, move, build, care, communicate and share information'. Gapminder.org is a phenomenally useful site and resource, particularly for Years 9- 12, though with opportunities to be employed even in the upper primary Years. Gapminder's primary focus is on using statistics to explore developmental … Continue reading Gapminder – what a great resource
Author: sjk
Lives and works in Bunjurgen, Queensland, Australia.
Top 10 teachable novels – a list of sorts
Here's my list (the order is not important.) Tomorrow when the war began. For year 9 or 10. Students, even reluctant readers, respond to this book and it would be eminently teachable given that there is now a recent film. Holes: Easy reading, big themes; an apparently simple book but the result of skilled writing - for … Continue reading Top 10 teachable novels – a list of sorts
Book Drum – Great for the new Australian curriculum in English
Within the new National Curriculum for English, the opening sentence beneath the heading - Year 9 Achievement Standard - is: "By the end of Year 9 students listen to, read and view a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, recognising how events, situations and people can be represented from different perspectives, and identifying stated and implied meaning in texts." Book Drum (www.bookdrum.com) … Continue reading Book Drum – Great for the new Australian curriculum in English
Fishing and fiction
Fishing & fiction have any number of connections for me. Let's begin with the mundane; seven letters, the f beginning... Fishing is associated with exaggeration, with hyperbole, with slow tension, sudden climax and resolution, ecstatic or aggrieved. And the tellers of fishing tales: John Gierach, whose fish are as long as a leg, Hemingway's … Continue reading Fishing and fiction
HisTorY
Started work on a series of short stories with learning activities linked to the new Australian curriculum for History (with English links and activities as well). Used PRESSBOOKs - an excellent e Publishing platform, intuitive and easy to use. Three stories with activities added so far, one for Ancient India and the Indus river Valley civilisation for Year 7, one for … Continue reading HisTorY
Music I like
Just figured I'd promote the bass solo on this lovely 10CC live version of Feel the Benefit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x95-bMwhX_8
Book of short stories published.
All right, I’ll admit the book was self published… but seven of the stories have been published before. ’Twas done via a company called Booktango. 13 stories of varied styles, tones and characters. The process was remarkably simple and they theoretically pay 100% royalties… We’ll see, we’ll see. The cover, shown hereabouts, is my own work – perhaps obviously.
Bikes
Admiring the machine.
Not first past the post
This is my first post. It will not be my last.
Inkstained fingers 