http://robc.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:10:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From being introduced to this topic of critical numeracy, it has occured to me that it maybe even more important to teach students to have a healthy distrust of numbers and the way some numbers are represented in the media as well. To be honest, I had never really thought about ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/17/critical-numeracy-in-the-classroom/ This is a tough question because, I dont think that the wider community could improve the school policies, as I have just said in the "My School Blog", that I think the school policies are pretty good. You can read all the things the school has implemented to ensure that ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/the-partnerships-with-the-wider-community/ At my school it is well set up with healthy practices. For example the food sold in the tuck shop is healthy and the lollies are the ones with no sugar , colours or preservatives made from just fruit jucie. The students are not allowed out side without their hats, ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/my-school/ This idea of a supportive class room is one, which I battle with all the time. I keep thinking how I would go about creating a classroom that is consistant, safe, inviting, fun and supportive for everyone. To this I think that the first week of term should be all about ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/my-supportive-classroom/ To try and address the first questions from the Article 5: School health promotion programs over the past decade: a review of the smoking, alcohol and solar protection literature. I feel it necessary to explain how I will attempt to do that.   The traditional answering of  questions follows as one, two and three, I ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/health-promotion-in-schools/ I have to say that the feild trip to the Living Karna Cultral Centre was very informative and I found it to be a great resource for teachers to use in the future. The walks around the "Windy River" were very good at opening our eyes to how storm water ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/my-reaction-to-monday-23rd/ I think this is a great way of maybe recapturing the disengaged students in the class. It seem digital stories are a great way of linking Maths, SOSE, and Health together and putting it together in a fun and informative manner for students and teachers a like. Doing a mimi doco on an issue ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/01/digital-stories/ This was a great way of getting the greatest hits from well practiced teachers who had been in the game for many years, on classroom set up, behaviour managment and organisation etc. I got alot out of this disscussion and it would take me the best part of half a day ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/03/01/top-5-tips-from-teachers-panel/ Hey hey everyone in my class, I have just started my journey into the world of  the digital native!! :) As you can see from this post I am starting to to get the hang of this blog thang, and with a bit of help from you guys, I hope that we ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/02/26/hello-world-the-time-has-come-to-push-the-button/ Welcome to your brand new blog at Edublogs. To get started, simply log in, edit or delete this post and check out all the other options available to you. Also, please consider becoming an Edublogs Supporter - you can remove ads from yours and other blogs, upload up to 5GB or audio, ... http://robc.edublogs.org/2009/02/26/hello-world/