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Products and projects in QLD senior English
I have cause today to be trawling through the glossary in the new Queensland senior English syllabus, and these two terms caught my eye: Screenshot remix using QCAA senior syllabus glossary Making a...
View ArticleExplain it like I’m an English teacher
You may have heard the internet expression ‘explain it like I’m five’ or ELI5. Living with someone who knows a lot about science means I get a lot of things explained to me that don’t directly build on...
View ArticleStrategies for pulling all-nighters
Eat a high protein dinner. Carbs for phase 1 – 10pm-midnight. Shapes are ideal. Doritos and salsa delicious, but hard to eat and type. Coffee is a morning drink. Try to hold out until 1am. But also...
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Announcing: Book project!
English for Queensland (OUP) – Book cover and preview After many months of sweat, sleepless nights and tears, I am excited to announce that a book I have co-authored with Lindsay Williams and Sophie...
View ArticleReporting phase: Semester 1 reflection
Vlogging project In semester 1 this year (just finished!) I undertook making a few vlogs about my teaching experience as a lecturer at uni. The results are here: Week 1:...
View ArticlePoet resource collection: Ali Alizadeh
Ali Alizadeh is a poet listed on the prescribed text list for the senior English/EAL courses in Queensland from 2019-2021. He is an Iranian-Australian (Persian-Australian? would appreciate any...
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FIND! Australian education vocabularies
I thought I knew the Australian Curriculum for English almost inside out, but recently discovered a whole new box I had been leaving un-ticked. It was the ScOT box. What does ScOT stand for, you ask?...
View ArticleThe concept of praxis
For me, demands to attend to the concept of ‘praxis’ in my work come from two main directions – my English educator community, and my Arts education colleagues. This post captures my current ways of...
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Game on (edutube study)
OK Sayraphim, you’ve set the scene for the project as an opening move. But two can play at the blog reboot game! It gets easier every time. So, #edutube is a go. The word is out. The claim, it’s...
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