Blog posts

  • Game On – How Gaming can change the ways you teach key competencies!

    Game On – How Gaming can change the ways you teach key competencies!

    Why Gaming? Gaming. It’s a little bit of a controversial subject in education – some love it, and some hate it. But Gaming at it’s essence is about relationships and relational understanding, it is through games that we can learn about our world and how to interact with those around us. In our library at Read more

  • #Edchatnz Blog Meme; aka a reflection on my time at the conference

    #Edchatnz Blog Meme; aka a reflection on my time at the conference

    1. How did you attend the #edchatnz conference (face 2 face, followed online or didn’t)? I’m lucky enough to work at the amazing Hobsonville Point Secondary School, so I had the conference brought to me! I was there Face 2 Face on both days. 2.  How many others attended from your school or organisation? a Read more

  • The “Ah Ha” moment with technology

    The “Ah Ha” moment with technology

    I am very privileged to work with a number of excellent educational practitioners and they are particularly excellent in the way they use technology. Before I go further, this excellence does not mean they are whizz banging hot shot ‘digital migrants’, it means they know how to use technology as a tool to enhance and Read more

  • Themifying our Collection – why and how?

    Themifying our Collection – why and how?

    Libraries have traditionally organised their collection based on the author’s surname and in the case of non-fiction upon the Dewey Decimal system. However, a fictional collection based solely on an author’s surname does not appear to be a responsive or particularly helpful method for students to find books. And here’s why… Jean Piaget was an educational Read more

  • Growth Mindset: Seeing the risk and taking the chance anyway

    Growth Mindset: Seeing the risk and taking the chance anyway

    Maurie proposed a challenge for our staff at the end of a long, exciting and full-on Term 1. The Challenge to examine how we are developing our Growth Mindsets. Over the past week and a half I have had a chance to think more deeply and reflect upon building and maintaining growth mindset as I attended and participated Read more

  • The power of gaming in education

    The power of gaming in education

    This term I have been offering a MyTime slot known as Gamer’s Anonymous. Most Wednesdays I have the privilege of hosting this slot in our library and watching the students strategically and skilfully playing games such as DOTA, LOL, Minecraft and Neverwinter. I never wanted the library to be a silent space where I peer Read more