Category: Featured
TeachMeet Sydney – from little things big things grow
I have been feeling guilty this year because I just haven’t made it to any TeachMeets yet. I held the first Sydney TeachMeet in my classroom back in 2010 and since then I have worked with other Sydney educators, led by the amazing Mr TeachMeet himself @mesterman to attend, promote and host TeachMeets. Yet this year I […]
Term Two Art ideas
It is Monday night. I have spent the day at school preparing my class room for the term ahead. I have also been working hard with my stage buddies on our integrated studies unit of inquiry for this term. Now I am at home relaxing and my thoughts are turning to this term’s art program. […]
Adobe- Digital Creativity in the Classroom lesson 3 video
The end of Adobe’s Digital Creativity in the Classroom e-learning seminars is fast approaching. Tuesday nights will soon be mine again and the need for my weekends to be spent completing homework will be over. On reflection I have enjoyed the course very much and I have really improved my Adobe skills in Photoshop and Premiere Pro. I have […]
Edmodo- Social media for tweens.
Tween - A child between middle childhood and adolescence, usually between 8 and 12 years old. [Blend of teen and between.] ‘tween (twin) prep. contraction of between. Edmodo - (stylized edmodo) is a social learning platform for teachers, students, and parents. It is commonly thought of as the Facebook of schools. I teach Tweens and in my opinion they are deeply social beings. You […]
How do your students take notes?
My co-teacher and I have been concerned about our students’ note taking skills this year. Perhaps not surprisingly for eleven year old children who complete much of their work using computers, they are fond of cutting and pasting whenever possible. We have discussed extensively with them the need for them to develop note-taking as a skill. How plagiarism […]
Diigo for Education
I have long been a fan of Diigo. I use it to bookmark web sites I find myself I also subscribe to several Diigo groups and receive email alerts with sites other educators find interesting. Recently though I discovered that Diigo has upgraded the service it offers teachers and so Mrs T and I are now using Diigo in our […]
Adobe Digital Creativity in the Classroom – lesson two Flash
I took lesson two in the Adobe Digital creativity in the classroom this week. During the lesson a question was posed. Was last week’s homework a creative task? I wrote here about my frustrations with this task, which was to create a version of the iconic HOPE poster. For me this task was one which really […]
Adobe Generation- Digital Creativity in the Classroom
I am taking part in an online learning course during the next few weeks. Tilted Digital Creativity in the Classroom. It is an Adobe education course designed for educators as an introduction to the basics of digital media production. It promises to have an emphasis on classroom craft, as well as the core principles of […]
Why I love Class Dojo
Every now and then I find a website that becomes invaluable. One which I just cannot imagine doing without. Class Dojo is rapidly becoming one of those sites for me. Do you use Class Dojo? If not can I recommend it to you as an amazing FREE classroom management tool for both primary and secondary […]
Passion Projects in Year 6
This term my co-teacher buddy and I have re-invented, re-worked and we hope re-invigorated our homework program in Year 6. I have never been a big fan of homework anyway. The students we teach are often micro-managed, their afternoons filled with activities and sports. So I do not see the need or use for homework […]