Wikis are a collaborative creative tool, as anyone who has added their five cents worth to Wikipedia will know. This term we’ll be using wikis to demonstrate our mad research skills and deep understanding of texts. Extension Year 7 are already hard at work brainstorming topics and subtopics for their wiki while Extension Year [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Wikimania
Posted in School, tagged Assessment, EN0707, EX1102, Wiki on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Storytelling vs. Lying
Posted in School, tagged EX1102, Fiction, Odyssey on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Storytelling is a socially acceptable form of lying in which the author (liar) and the reader collude in order to create a safe place for the story (or lie) to flourish. The reader, although aware of the tale’s fiction, willingly participates in its propagation, often retelling it to other willing marks. According to Virginia Woolf’s [...]
Preparing for Term 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australian Identity, Critical Study, EA1105, EA1207, EN0707, EN0902, EN0905, EX1102, Exams, Shakespeare, Wiki on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The theme for 2008 so far seems to be technical difficulties. Today I have even had to move from being a Mac user back to Windows. I am hoping that this blog will help to overcome that. What’s up for Term 2?
EN0707 This brand new class will be kicking off with a research assignment on [...]
