Chapter 3, Connection, is the first installment of “The Seven Steps to Flatten Your Classroom“. It was focussed on ways teachers and students can create their own Personal learning Networks, using push and pull technologies to make the enriching global connections which underpin their learning, sharing, and collaboration. Despite suffering from severe information overload, there were […]
Continue reading →I recently spent a few days at the ECAWA State Conference 2011, hosted by my State’s ICT Association; attending a range of interesting presentations, and meeting so many amazing ICT teachers and leaders. A few highlights: Finally meeting Paul Fuller (@paulfuller75), the teacher who inspired me to follow my passion with Web 2.0 all those […]
Continue reading →Yesterday, I met a former student … and the memories came flooding back. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by The Wandering Angel Three years ago, I was a student teacher on my final teaching placement. I was teaching a troubled, angry, and violent 8 year-old student … whom my cooperating teacher […]
Continue reading →As a new teacher, it is so easy to get all-consumed with the teaching. Yet, it is important to remember that we are teaching students … we are teaching children. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Pink Sherbet Photography Some of my students, my “little characters”, are not easy to teach. Some make me […]
Continue reading →This Weekend, we kick off the third Reform Symposium eConference (#RSCON3)! What the heck is a PLN?: Personal Learning Networks for Educators When? 8.30AM Australian Western Standard Time (Please check the schedule for your timezone – this is just before the Closing Keynote on Day 1) Where? Please click on this link to access […]
Continue reading →I’m a young teacher with a passion for ICT and modest technical skills; and I’m starting to question how my ideas are influencing my classroom teaching practice. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by austinevan: http://flickr.com/photos/austinevan/2296270551/ I’m a teacher. ICT and Web 2.0 are part of what I do I see myself […]
Continue reading →Today, I had a reason to smile. I’ve spent the last four weeks teaching a Year 6 class at my old school. I’m a relief teacher, but I’m part of the furniture. In these few weeks, I’ve helped run a global project, and learnt a lot about myself and my students. I’ve loved the opportunity […]
Continue reading →I’m a new teacher, returning to relief / substitute teaching after 3 months in (several) classrooms. My PLN has changed the way I learn, and the way I teach, for the better. Yet, I am still to meet a new teacher in my part of the world who’s ever heard of, or has a PLN. […]
Continue reading →A very informative video for Twitter™ newbies like myself – I wish I’d found this earlier, as I contains many of the lessons I learnt by trial and error … as usual … Twitter for Teachers
Continue reading →As the Australian school year draws to a close, I have had the time to reflect upon and review my experiences teaching upper primary science during 2010. March-May 2010 – Year 6/7 Science & Arts Earlier this year, I replaced a science/arts teacher in a small independent Christian school in Perth’s southern suburbs. I taught […]
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