Tag: engagement
More on the What, When and Why of classroom blogging and online teaching
If you happen to be reading this without having seen my previous post can I urge you to check that out first. Can I then recommend you especially take note of the detailed and interesting comments, for which I am really grateful. It seems like there are many teachers out ‘there’ who want to help […]
Why I love my SMARTboard
Once again debate is raging through Twitter as to the merits or otherwise of IWBs. So rather than try to condense my thoughts into 140 characters, or add the the already excellent comments at @whatedsdaid’s blog. I thought I would try to reflect and put down on paper (metaphorically speaking) my personal feelings about my […]
The Power of Twitter
I am a primary teacher and every year for the past five years I have taught my class a unit of work on Antarctica. In the NSW syllabus the study of Antarctica is part of the Human Society and Its Environment syllabus for Stage 3. The NSW Syllabus documents provide guidelines and expectations on what the […]
Why I love Wednesdays
Wednesday – The hump day, a not quite halfway through the week kind of a day. A day when the weekend still seems far away. There are many famous quotes about Wednesday. Born on Monday, fair in the face; Born on Tuesday, full of God’s grace; Born on Wednesday, sour and sad; Born on Thursday, […]
Making memories
Picture this. It’s home time, I have a slight headache and I definitely need a large cup of tea. It’s been a long and tiring day. I leave my classroom to empty a rubbish bin and I am met by a stream of excited Year 3 students who had earlier been invited to join in […]
The $64,000 question?
I have been spending a lot of time Tweeting and reading blogs this past week (oh the luxury of holidays) and it seems to me that a recurrent theme is ‘teachers who are and teachers who aren’t' embracing technology. So this week I am attempting to reflect on why I have chosen to push myself to the […]
Learning through drama
My year six students have been working hard this term to complete a number of in class ‘real’ projects. By ‘real’ I mean that we have tried as far as possible to reach our needed outcomes with tasks that have meaning and relevance for them. The first of these projects, fractured fairytale plays came to […]