Tag: writing

Writing & Workflow: Scrivener & Simplenote

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 12, 2013

And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can’t be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi It’s best to have your tools with you. If you don’t, you’re apt to find something you didn’t expect […]

Posted in Digital life, Education, Professional development | Tagged dictation, dropbox, iPad, iPhone, Scrivener, simplenote, workflow, writing | 2 Comments

ALARM (A Learning and Response Matrix) #1

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 9, 2012

When Max Woods distilled the core of his presentation about ALARM (A Learning and Response Matrix) for the 200 teachers at the Chifley hotel this week to – this is all about ‘learning how to learn’ and sharing – he certainly won my respect. Ostensibly the two days of professional development were about improving HSC results, […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development | Tagged ALARM, English, essays, HSC, ISER, learning, writing | 13 Comments

Life in 100 Words

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on February 20, 2011

Life in 100 Words is an idea gleaned from Solid Gold Creativity: The magazine, Marie Claire, recently featured a series to mark the centenary of International Women’s Day. It asked “10 women, 10 years apart, to offer their life story in 100 words.” I will try this idea with students in the future but would really […]