Category: March 2012
Questions?
Questions, questions, questions. Questions from teacher to student and student to teacher are to my mind at the core of life in the classroom. Big questions, little questions, fat questions, thin questions, Socratic questions, probing questions. What you ask your students and what they ask you can be the key to a successful lesson. I […]
A room with a view
Is this your daughter? Is this your student ? She’s a student from Sydney and my guess is she’s in about Year 7. She has an iPhone and uses Instagram. How do I know this? Because her collection of uploaded images, this being one of them, was easily accessible, to not only me, but anyone […]
ICTENSW Edmodo and Student blogging
This blog post has been prepared to support a presentation I am giving at the University of NSW for an ICTENSW workshop. My workshop will be provide participants with information on how to connect their classrooms to the world and extend the length of their school days, using edmodo and edublogs. The secure online networking […]
TMWR 2012
It’s the morning after the night before, so to speak. TMWR 2012 is over. Months of meetings, discussions, planning and monster emails are over and the event is finished. Thanks to Simon’s vision, Matt’s planning, the staff at ATP and the generosity of CEO Sydney, not to mention the rest of us who did our […]
Marking
Marking, a vital tool or an endless chore? For a while now I have been thinking about how I mark, how I give meaningful feedback and how to ensure I support all the learners in my classroom. I am convinced that how I mark my student’s work and how I give them feedback makes a […]