http://blog.kuchel.net The beige world of me Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let it get a decent buffer before you play, to get the full glory of it... http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/08/20/another-great-video/ Just testing out my new phone. http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/08/16/iphone-test/ 12 weeks is definitely too long for a term.  More than just the students where over it by the end, the teachers where as well.  The last 2 weeks was a constant battle for the concentration spans.  However, it has ended so can only move upward from there.  Here's hoping ... http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/06/27/12-weeks/ OMG! Ever since we got the cabinet unlocked and we have been able to use the interactive whiteboard, I have been looking at various websites for interactives to use.  And I have got to say, TeacherLED is the best I have found.  The Maths Train was enjoyed by my whole class, and ... http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/06/22/teacherled/ I am in the home straight with them at last and I am feeling a sense of relief in terms of that, but there is more to the story than that... I am a little frustrated with things at the moment though, and I am not sure where to go to ... http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/06/19/reports/ What not to do when giving a test. Lesson No 1.  Check that all of the options make sense and you have the correct answers for multiple choice questions.  Don't just hope and pray. Lesson No 2.  When you ask them to make a rule for number pattern, make sure that there ... http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/06/05/what-not-to-do-when-giving-a-test/ I went to a talk by Marco Torres yesterday, and I went in slightly skeptical about the whole thing, since I had heard people rave about him, but even mindful that I had encountered people who others had raved about and found next to useless.  Initially, I was going to ... http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/06/04/marco-and-linus/ I’m back, but on a slightly different site.  Oh well, everything else won’t be restored at this stage… http://blog.kuchel.net/2008/06/04/im-back/