Tag: Brain Dump

  • Tacit Knowledge

    Over the last few weeks packing up in Education, one of the things that I’ve noticed is how much tacit knowledge is in my head. Having been present from when the TechPD unit that I am, at least to the end of the day, involved in, there are many things that I know and do…

  • Brain Dump – Ideas from everywhere

    Ok, just a bunch of ideas here after starting to read James Paul Gee’s book. Gee talks about internal and external grammars and how children start to interact with them in games. While reading this, I got to thinking – this is a means or process for getting kids to focus on, and ultimately enjoy…

  • The Sleeper Curve – When will teachers see it?

    I’ve been reading Everything Bad is Good for you and today I caught myself thinking about Johnson’s “Sleeper Curve” today while running errands and seeing yet another SWEPIII ad, it hit me as to why we (as in my generation – grossly over generalized I know) felt so hard done by with what Lucas put…