Writing examinations, marking, reporting completing my own training, workshops, and federal elections, whew! when does it get quiet. Well now, a little. So I’ll ease myself into the whole blogasphere again with this great video for what looks like a wonderful new book ‘The Unplugged Workshop – Hand Crafted Projects for the Home‘. After having my own workshop as a cabinet maker many moons ago, with all the machinery and overheads that go with that. I now start to feel like this is where I’d love to end up. Enjoy the video, I might go order the book.
Category: Workshop
Google Teacher Academy Applications
Well I haven’t posted in a few weeks due to lot’s of things popping up. I applied for an opportunity called the Teacher Champion which involved using social media to promote several educational initiatives but wasn’t accepted. I think I would have liked this and was somewhat disappointed, however, life goes on and last week I threw my name in for the Google Teacher Academy Sydney. I’ve been following it closely on Twitter and collecting the YouTube applications in a playlist. Some are really good, unfortunately for me, but good for them.
Here are some of the ones I feel really stand out and I’d be surprised if they didn’t get in;
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And my attempt…
Good luck to all the applicants for Sydney 2013!
Old photos found!
One of the first posts on this blog was the famous Mudgee jeep project we build during Stage 4 Industrial Tech Timber – Toy making. Find the link to the post here which contains the drawings and the 3d model. Here’s a picture I just found (the only one in focus) of a student project from about 2008/9 sitting in a folder just gathering virtual dust. Other photos in this folder contain a fuzzy Mr Wheeler pulling a face and various fuzzy shots of students working.
Skill, Dedication… Priceless
Fine woodworker’s article on Micro Maestro William R. Robertson’s 1/12 scale tool set is just mind-boggling what someone with enough dedication and skill can achieve. So much so that I will just have to decorate my workshop wall with it.
Download Priceless A3 poster for your room
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Monique Dalli is a TAS teacher doing some great things online. She has just made a successful presentation on the developing reality of a BYOD future for teachers and students. Read more on her Blog.
Get more ideas from Monique’s Blog or follow her on Twitter
Couple of extra room posters
Last workbench almost finished…
It’s been 6 weeks since we started but today we should finish the last single workbench in J7!
Posters from J7
Hey you! Yeah you! Are you re-modelling your bedroom these holidays? Do you want it to look more like the J7 Woodwork room? Probably not but perhaps you’re a fellow Industrial Arts teacher well here are some posters for your room. I made these a several years ago to explain a couple of simple formulas and where, why you would use them. Feel free to download and use them in your classroom (or bedroom).
Download Volume A3 PDF
Download Ortho A3 PDF
Download Linear A3 PDF
Download Buying A3 PDF
Download Area A3 PDF
QR codes, what are they?
QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code). You may have seen them around, packaging, advertisements or documents. They can link you to all sorts of information URLs, emails, names… almost anything. How can you read them? Well you’ll need a computer and a camera, hang on you probably have one in your bag (your phone/iPod), please keep it in your bag while at school though. So because Technology teachers come from the future, we have started incorporating this tech into our systems to record our daily safety checks on our machinery. Maybe you can use them somewhere?
A Grade-A student…
What are you gonna write on my report sir?
Well now you will know simply by looking up in J7. Signage has been applied to assist you in understanding what type of students (future apprentices and trades people) we want to help you become. No longer will you need to log off Facebook and head to the Board of Studies and read the official Industrial Technology Performance Descriptors. Get smart, get the report comment and grade you deserve by aiming to be a student who can…
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