after a long day and the remains of a wonderful riesling, its kinda hard to recall what has transpired this week but nonetheless i shall attempt so do pardon the trackless thoughts...

ahr, after much flipping of my downloaded handouts, mr frankland reminds me that its a webquesting i've been taught aside from the utility of printed resources in the classroom. webquesting is a novel endeavour to me, apparently one that has much utility within the classroom to facilitate student-centred learning. apart its much-vaunted advantages, i seriously think it offers teachers a credible 'get-out-of-jail-free card' from the compulsory IT integration quotas that we're bound to meet in school. besides, its good to have such resources on hand anyways coz it seriously makes good fodder for the kids' IT days... hey, the little things count or don't they..?

the yearnings for the unsurpassed utility of an isolation ridge riesling, crafted wonderfully by mr frankland brings me to the utility of various printed resources. the differences between a cooladerra and isolation ridge riesling whilst as subtle as they may be (i prefer the isolation ridge altho i wouldn't turn mr frankland down if he were to offer me a his brethren from the cooladerra or poison ridge regions) exemplifies the issues teachers have to grapple with when introducing a particular resource into the classroom to illustrate and outline geographical concepts and/or phenomena. it reminds me of that qce 520 (eng) approach wrt oral communication: tavi (texts as vehicles for information) or talo (texts as linguistic objects) - how should a text (resource) be used, whether they be cartoons, brochures, newpapers, magazines, etc? what are we driving at? which text(s) best achieves the pedagogical task(s) at hand? is this the best way to get students to understand/comprehend/internalise/et al the topic at hand? are these activities meaningful to the students?

well, i guess its like matching wine and food...? pedagogical rationale ought to be appropriately matched to the appropriate resources to facilitate students' learning. just like a jacob's creek reserve riesling with a platter of seafood ;)