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Category: Professional Development
Why My Classroom Needs a Mission Statement
Note: I am not an expert in this topic. In fact, I have no idea what I’m doing. I am live blogging my live learning
Video Classroom Observations – Awesome
I’ve written about classroom observations before. If you haven’t already read it, you might want to check it out here. Better Classroom Observations: How to break
Engaging Staff Meetings: Technology Speed-Dating
How do you hold an engaging, informative and worthwhile staff meeting for 130 staff? This was the question I had to ask myself when the
Teach Teachers to Code and Watch What Happens Next
Do we need specialist teachers to teach coding and computational thinking? Or can we trust our current teachers to handle the new digital technology curriculum?
Supporting Beginning Teachers
Beginning teachers don’t get supported like they used to. This might sound like I’m yearning for a time I never knew but I’m feeling pretty
Teacher Upgrades
It’s school holidays here in Brisbane. This means I can indulge in a few of my guilty pleasures. It’s difficult to admit but one of
Better Classroom Observations: How to Break Down a Door
In the beginning of my career I had some pretty rough classroom observations. I can talk about them because I’ve since moved on and nobody
Learning is Not a Spectator Sport
In this week’s blog: Podcasts, Learning as sporting event, Ex-Student Olympians, How I disappointed my Pre-Service teacher and why I’m teaching less and less. This week I’ve
How Coffee Improved My Teaching
How a weekly coffee made me a better, more reflective, more fearless educator. Alternatively, what teachers can learn from cliff-divers What if I told you that
The Long Apprenticeship Just Got Longer
As teachers, we serve incredibly long apprenticeships. We enter school as 6 year old children and watch and learn from our grade 1 teacher. We
Please Ditch the SlideShow – It’s PowerPointless
An interesting paradox has slowly been presenting itself. When I talk to teachers, I sometimes ask them about whether they use PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Slides
