A quilt idea perhaps???
I started my sabbatical with learning how to do spreadsheets via a Unit Standard. I found the exercises totally boring; depositing numbers in little cells so that they all line up like tin soldiers. Apologies to my accounting friends and colleagues who derive great pleasure from various forms of punishment with number crunching. I am still yet to finish my spreadsheet activities! However, the interest surrounding the blog activities has created new teaching possibilities with practical applications.
I now believe that in order to teach an old dog new tricks, as above, one has to be inspired to learn and it must be relevant and applicable to the student's interests. For a secondary teacher, I am now convinced that any new ICT process that requires detailed instruction needs to directly applicable to the subject area he or she teaches in....
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