Success is for all kinds of brains
A book. For some it holds the mystery of the universe, others a story to be entered and thoroughly explored and yet for some it is the very bane of their school life. What is it that creates a passionate, life-long reader? Often times I hear from parents and other educators how difficult they find… Continue reading Hook them with a book
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… Continue reading #Edchatnz Blog Meme; aka a reflection on my time at the conference
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… Continue reading The “Ah Ha” moment with technology
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… Continue reading Growth Mindset: Seeing the risk and taking the chance anyway
Citizenship is defined as belonging to a space or place and obeying the laws and regulations that govern it. BUT WHAT IS DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP? Whilst the laws, social nuances and societal values that operate in our daily lives may be clear to most of us. The ettiqute that we follow in digital spaces (internet, cell… Continue reading Musings on Digital Citizenship
“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Well first, what is a library? Claire Amos wrote a brilliant blog post about the advent of the modern library environment. And I wish to follow on from it with some thoughts of my own. The scariest thing about becoming a librarian and… Continue reading Musings on the Library of the Future
The importance of relationships is something that is taken for granted. Many people assume that if they say the statutory "Hello" in the morning to their colleagues and remember their children's names, they have a relationship. These types of friendship only ever touch the surface of who a person truly is. They also do not… Continue reading Sharing Aspects of Self
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… Continue reading The 🙂 and 😦 of M-Learning
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… Continue reading What is this concept known as Future Focus and what does it mean?
Georgi de Stigter 