http://dcoe.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:50:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have decided to set up my new blog at http://dotcoe.blogspot.com/ I seem to be able to do more there. Hope to see you there soon Dorothy http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2008/02/15/my-new-bloghost/ ...can sadly not be included on this page because, not for the first second or third time, I can't get it to accept the embed code. I'm looking for new blog host. What  does anybody recommend? http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2008/01/19/my-daemon/ Don's latest blog post prompted this train of thought. Thanks Don. Let’s imagine 2 teachers, generally thought of as “excellent”. Jane and Mary, let’s say, have very different teaching styles. A fly on the wall in Jane’s class would find a thorough and well -documented approach. She can motivate pupils to ... http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2008/01/03/observations/ Never one to resist a free offer, this one looks as if it has fun potential. http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/12/25/talking-pictures/ I've just come back from an extraordinary event. You can see details here. To put it briefly, P6 and 7 pupils from schools across the Borders came together to perform songs that they have been learning separately, with an orchestra (Scottish Borders Community Orchestra in which I played). The ... http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/gie-it-laldie/ This week I'm on a placement at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. I'm part of a small group of teachers helping to freshen up the Teacher Packs on Romans and Vikings. Today we toured the Early People Gallery with Dr Andy Heald, a curator. What a lot ... http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/91/ I haven't been able to post for a while, but I've been thinking just the same. I've been struck by the way in which Neil's Bebo is used by his friends to maintain the link with each other and with Neil. They still, 3 weeks after his death, post messages to ... http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/11/16/aftermath/ Neil, you will always be with us, your quick wit, ready smile and quizzically raised eyebrow never forgotten. It hurts unbelievably to have you taken from us when you had so much to give, and we loved you so much. The many tributes from your friends on your Bebo and ... http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/10/30/my-nephew-neil/ I've been doing some quodlibets with my music classes at school and they are such fun! I followed a link from elsewhere (TES probably) to this video - amazing! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/OP7F8P1ZtD0" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] A bit more complicated than seagull seagull and London Bridge is falling down! http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/10/06/quodlibet/ What a pleasant afternoon I've just had. Some of the Chartered Teachers who have access to the Chartered Teachers Reunited area of Blackboard VLE meet for lunch every 6 months or so at the Riverhouse in Stirling and it is always a most civilised and convivial occasion. The food ... http://dcoe.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/chartered-teacher-lunch-riverhouse-stirling/