Category: Professional development

#Review #FlipTheSystemOz

Posted by | Published on March 23, 2019

“…flipping the system is about changing education from the ground up by allowing teachers to take the lead as a trusted and meaningful part of […] 

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Review: Untitled (Past, Present, Future)

Posted by | Published on October 22, 2018

Visiting the Stedelijk Museum with my family, after three rewarding but long days of getting value for money from our museum discount card, was one […] 

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Review #GeorgeOrwellOnScreen

Posted by | Published on October 4, 2018

My positive disposition towards George Orwell On Screen (Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television) – before ever getting to read it – was due to David […] 

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‘The Cult of Hattie’: ‘wilful blindness’?

Posted by | Published on August 26, 2017

“There is a science to learning and we are finding out more and more about what works best to support the learning processes that make […] 

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Asia Education Foundation: Australia-India #BRIDGEprogram2017

Posted by | Published on May 21, 2017

Cultural exchange is a very important value for the school I serve. “A Wider World View” is encouraged through hosting guests, especially from our region […] 

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Mindfulness and Grit

Posted by | Published on December 20, 2016

In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as the best predictor of success.  And it wasn’t social intelligence, it wasn’t good looks, physical […] 

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The BOSTES Review

Posted by | Published on August 20, 2016

The Review of BOSTES (Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW) commissioned by the NSW Minister for Education in March 2016 has been released. […] 

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NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: San Francisco #4

Posted by | Published on May 25, 2016

San Francisco is a wonderful city to explore with many homes and buildings having memorable architecture.  Tacy Trowbridge hosted my visit to Adobe in San Francisco (located […] 

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NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: Washington #3

Posted by | Published on May 21, 2016

“The Genographic Project is an ambitious attempt to answer fundamental questions about where we originated and how we came to populate the Earth. Through your […] 

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NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: New York #2

Posted by | Published on May 14, 2016

“From its inception, a PDS education was founded on relationships and learning by doing; it valued play as creative cognitive growth and working together as […] 

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Posted in Featured, Popular culture

My Year 10 English class had a guest speaker today. Rebecca Fernandez spoke about her journey towards making a living as a game designer. Rebecca’s mother is an ex-student of […] 

My Edublog Award Nominations for 2011  →

Posted in Digital life, Education, Featured, Popular culture, Professional development

The Edublog Awards provides opportunity  to grow the community of edubloggers and let others know how professionally and personally important they are to us. It also gives one a chance to […] 

Evolvo – our first Spore creature  →

Posted in Digital life, Popular culture, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, YouTube

  My daughters and I designed our first Spore creature after downloading the demo. It was pretty interesting to see Lucy and Sarah, at 4 & 2 years of age, […] 

Understanding the Rise of China  →

Posted in Education, Government, Professional development, Travel

Anyone who read my blog in 2010 would know how a trip to Shanghai opened my eyes to what we have all been reading about over the last few years, the […] 

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