Category: Recent posts
Thinking in the classroom
My co-teacher and I believe strongly that our year 5 students should be learning to think for themselves. One of the ways we are trying to develop this in our classrooms is to use our class blog. Last week we posed the question ‘Should mobile phones be allowed in the classroom?‘ The students were asked […]
Another year of Mathematics draws to a close
As the school year slowly begins to come to a close, I have been reflecting on our mathematics program which I have blogged before about here. Overall I think for most of the students, it has been a successful year. Many of the lessons I have team taught with @pruthomas and others. This has really allowed […]
Out of my comfort zone
Last Monday night I was interviewed by Tony and Darrel of the edtech crew for one of their regular podcasts. If you read my blog you will know that I love listening to podcasts and that I regularly use them as ways to keep up with the constant changes happening in the world of education. […]
Ulearn10 – How the keynote speakers challenged me
A few days ago I attempted to reflect on some of the questions the Ulearn10 keynote speakers raised. Today I am going to try and reflect on some of the things I learned from those same keynote speeches. I am not attempting to record everything these excellent speakers said but to highlight what for me, […]
Using Edmodo in the primary classroom
If you read my post ‘What a difference a year makes’, you will know that a couple of weeks ago I gave my first ever conference presentations at Ulearn10. This was followed this week by a second presentation at aisitic10 in Sydney. Today I would like to try and share with you the presentation I […]
Ulearn10 – Questions from the keynote speakers
I was interested, amused and empowered by all the keynote speakers at Ulearn10. Yes I thought as they spoke, we need to do this, we must do that. But then I paused, reflected, took stock of the real world. I am returning to my school filled with new knowledge, new ideas and new inspirations. Some […]
Classroom Management Tips
I am a fairly experienced and confident teacher. I know what I am trying to achieve in my classroom and how to reach my personal together with my student’s goals. I have not always been a teacher but I have been one long enough to know what works for me in my classroom. Yet since I […]
What a difference a year makes
I have had this post running around in my head for a while now, so it’s slightly ironic for me to discover that it’s exactly a year to the day that my life as a teacher changed forever. It was on Monday 28 September 2009 that I was asked to fill in for a sick […]
The Power of the PLN
I had a very minor meltdown last week, brought entirely on by myself. I want so much to improve, I have so many ideas. I am trying to achieve too much, too fast. No one except my PLN and I knew about this meltdown as I only revealed myself in the following tweet. Do you […]
Report writing season
Term four will end in approximately four weeks time at which point Australian parents, students and teachers alike will collectively give a sigh of relief and head to the beaches or the hills for six weeks of summer holidays. Until then though, for teachers, it is report writing season. In Australia, these will be our […]