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In my early days of teaching I would spend hurs providing students with written feedback that assessed their current performance as judged through a piece of work they had submitted. At the time I thought I was being very helpful and somehow the students would be inspired to do better next time but I soon […]

Challenge 8: Student Privacy Many of us surf the web and various web sites without even thinking about what is going on behind the scenes. A read of the Australian Education Privacy Policy is a document that is certainly worth becoming familiar with and could be a great document to explore in the classroom. https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policyhttps://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/complete_privacy_policy

The aim in any classroom should be to have students actively involved in learning. This is not an easy task because the needs and learning styles are so different for every student in the class. A good teacher will ensure that all students participate in class and will use a variety of strategies to ensure […]

I have always been someone that paid a great deal of attention to detail and was once told by a colleague that I was one of the most reflective people they knew, so it probably wasn’t surprising that I became a fan of change management frameworks. I have seen many people bring about change in […]

The 10 best things about retirement for a teacher (so far) Are you a teacher thinking about retirement? Teaching is a very rewarding career but it can be difficult to make the break. There is always something exciting happening in education, there are projects you have started and want to see through to the end, […]

Some time back I was involved in another Blog Challenge where a component of our professional learning was to explore Web2 tools so I created a page and reflections for each of the tools I used. My two favourites were probably Voki because I found the students really loved this. I used it as a […]

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery I particularly like this quote about leadership because it highlights, amongst many other things, the importance of intrinsic motivation. […]

As an English teacher I found there were many spelling errors and incorrect use of words and grammar in student’s writing. These appeared to be influenced by the saturation of text that we find ourselves surrounded by today. Texting language also seemed to be creeping into all writing genres. I was confronted by these two […]

Interestingly, I returned to twitter today as part of the Edublogs Club challenge, and found a tweet from the Deming Institute directly linked to our prompt 2 – my office. It is called “Personal Kanban: Bringing Focus to Chaos – Part 1 (Evolving Agile)  just what I’m trying to do with my office. Basically he […]