Pretty clear to me !

"The trouble is, this sort of transfer window... it sort of creates a window where transfers have to be done.”
GARY NEVILLE
Sky Sports 1 With thanks to Private Eye

Crashed computer 8-(

My Acer notebook fell over and needed a new graphics card.  It was out of commission for a few days.  I had to rely on my nasty but dependable netbook.  This certainly did the job but I was pleased to get the Acer back.

I am still trying to survive.  I had to have an audit done, the down side of being a limited company.  Ah well it is only money, company money at that  !

I have had to make recordings for my students and I am pleased with the results.  I used a free download called Audacity and it seems to work quite well.

One of my students has been reading a series of books called "Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne.  I searched and found this web site that is related to the books.  It is almost ready made for teaching.  This web site is http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading27/revolutionary_war_on_wednesday.htm.  Would be teachers please note !

Origami tie

Here is a video of how to make an origami tie.  An advantage of origami is that no cutting is required. 

Re: You Tube

It seems that some universities are starting to take You Tube seriously.  This was highlighted by an article I spotted in a Kiwi newspaper.  To the uninitiated Kiwi = New Zealand.  The article points out that by exploiting You Tube students are more inclined to turn in their assignments The article is here.  I have heard of students putting a lot more effort into their presentations when it was going to be uploaded to You Tube.

I worked at a school in Wong Tai Sin and the school had an orchestra that used a lot of Chinese instruments, the likes of which I have not seen before.  It is fortunate that schools try and preserve Chinese music in this manner.  I suggested to the principal that she should do a You Tube presentation of the orchestra playing. 

Maybe teachers should exploit this idea to encourage their students to put more work into assignments.

I maintain a collection of potentially useful You Tube clips as I feel they have much use to students of all ages. Some students, particularly younger students do not seem to be motivated by the endless photocopies that learning centres often rely on.  These same students take notice of a suitable You Tube clip.

Re: You Tube clips

A centre mentioned to me that parents do not like You Tube clips.  This is unfortunate as there is a wealth of usable material out there.  Here is a clip I found that children will love!

Re: Gifted students

I have a 6 year old student who started learning English this January.
She appears to be like a native speaker.  Sometimes very young learners can be very gifted indeed.

Useful site

Unfortunately I seem to have to do an awful lot of commuting this is why I find this web site MTR very useful for journey planning.