I haven't posted much on my studies for ETL503 in a couple of weeks, mainly because I've been researching for my first assignment. I have to admit that I thought it would be easier to find appropriate resources on the Industrial Revolution for year 9, but everything I found just seemed to be out of date or very adult. It'll be interesting to see if there are some more resources appear before the history curriculum is implemented in 2013.
Anyway, a change of topic, and a level I'm more familiar with: year 5 on the solar system. Lots more stuff available. To be honest, I'm now selecting more on what shows I can use a range of selection tools rather than what is the best item. My only difficulty is the requirement to select predominantly online resources. For this age group there is still a lot more available in hard copy format, and electronic resources such as CD-Roms, DVDs and ebooks don't all count because they're not on the internet, although free ebooks could be included if there were any decent ones available. The only one I've found of use is on Amazon, which is great, but a Kindle doesn't count as online either. So, it may be something of a struggle to select the best 4 offline resources.
Well, at least I'm almost there, and I've even written part A. I'm just finding it disconcerting that I'm not creating an extensive reference list as I write. I know this is because the nature of the assignment is very practical, but I realise that I miss my bibliography blanket. It makes me feel more secure to see a thorough list of research articles that prove I haven't just sat down and typed out the first thing that came into my head.
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