Catch the Wave » Exploration http://lynross.edublogs.org thoughts, wonderings, observations, explorations, discoveries, enjoyment! Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Rotorua Photos and unconference http://lynross.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/rotorua-photos/ http://lynross.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/rotorua-photos/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:43:28 +0000 Lyn http://lynross.edublogs.org/?p=161 Here are some photos I took on the way from my motel to the main conference venue. (See post below.) It was the last morning (after the conference dinner the night before!!) and I was on my way to my first ‘unconference’. I had been asked to contribute to a session on ‘effective cluster/school management of the ICT contract’. Four of us attended (all facilitators) and although we swapped a few ideas the session didn’t turn out as I had imagined it would … there was no-one who was really there to learn. Perhaps everybody knows the answers already (or think they do!) Another possibility is that because there were so many unconference sessions there was no-one left to come to ours. The other possibility is that many delegates were sleeping in after socialising the night before. So I’ve yet to find out what a successful unconference session is like.

]]> http://lynross.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/rotorua-photos/feed/ 2 Whakatane http://lynross.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/whakatane/ http://lynross.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/whakatane/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:20:50 +0000 Lyn http://lynross.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/whakatane/ Well here I am in sunny Whakatane, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. I’ve actually been here for five weeks, but there have been lots of things to do and places to explore … so you’ll have to forgive me for not posting. I’ve bought a little place down by the river next to the botanic gardens.

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While I wonder if this is a good time to buy real estate (I keep reading gloomy predictions about the market in the newspapers) I really love living in my own place again after six years renting in Wanganui.

Whakatane has sensational scenery. All I have to do is point my digital camera and click and I get the most amazing photos! I’ve used some of the photos I’ve taken to make the eBest ICT Cluster website banner
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The local newspaper (Beacon) is printed 3 days a week and amazingly costs only 40c on Tuesday and Wednesday and 50c on Friday!! It has a great website and you can even download a .pdf of the classified advertisements.

Whakatane has an impressive ‘3 bin’ recycling system, taking away your rubbish, plastics, bottles, paper and green waste from the curb.

Another neat thing is that I’ve got a new Toshiba laptop (with 2 Gig of Ram!) and an aircard – so now I have Internet wherever I go – which is pretty much essential. I love it. And I finally got my home wireless Internet going … so now life is almost perfect. I just need to win lotto and find a perfect man. (Yeah, I know!)

The teachers in the eBest ICT Cluster are positive, confident, talented and enthusiastic – it will be fun learning together. If you’re coming up this way, let me know and I’ll show you around.

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