Blog posts

  • The :) and :( of M-Learning

    The 🙂 and 😦 of M-Learning

    Mobiles are considered an essential element of the teenage lifestyle (Twiss, 2009). Barrett (as in Text to M Learn, 2010) even goes as far to suggest that students are far more attached to this little piece of technology that they carry in their pocket than they are to their teacher (APN Educational Media, 2010). Attwell Read more

  • What is this concept known as Future Focus and what does it mean?

    What is this concept known as Future Focus and what does it mean?

    Through conversations this week around future focussed pedagogy and the re-examination of the NZC by our LOLs and SLLs, the idea of “future focus” continues to pop up. So what exactly does future focus look like? Really what starts to emerge as you take apart the curriculum and re-examine it, is that subjects should never Read more

  • Starting out

    Starting out

    “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Some people might query the move of a primary trained teacher into a role as a librarian. But if you don’t look Read more