Tag: Pedagogy

BYOD: 5 Areas for Reflection and Professional Development

Posted by | Published on January 26, 2014

 The science of teaching is knowing a number of different methodologies. The art is knowing when to use which.             […] 

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Passion for learning…

Posted by | Published on March 19, 2011

For the first time in 20 years I do not have English classes to teach. The principal has requested that I am ‘off the timetable’ […] 

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Life in 100 Words

Posted by | Published on February 20, 2011

Life in 100 Words is an idea gleaned from Solid Gold Creativity: The magazine, Marie Claire, recently featured a series to mark the centenary of […] 

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Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms

Posted by | Published on October 17, 2010

Sir Ken Robinson‘s narrative about education is a powerful reading of the institutions at the heart of our societies. It is ‘a reading’ difficult to dispute.  […] 

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10 IDEAS: blogED Prezi

Posted by | Published on July 8, 2010

This is a draft of my presentation, to be delivered next week at the Office of Schools conference, Engaging learners through innovative practice, about blogEd, the NSW […] 

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Digital Tribes and the Social Web

Posted by | Published on June 29, 2010

Steve Wheeler, whose blog I always read, has kindly shared his recent conference presentation via slideshare.  

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PLE Reflection (after a presentation for our Year 11 conference)

Posted by | Published on June 20, 2010

My brief, to present at a Year 11 conference about online tools, has accentuated, in my mind, how far away we are from providing the Personal Learning Environment […] 

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Asperger’s syndrome

Posted by | Published on June 17, 2010

Asperger’s syndrome has been explored in a number of creative ways in recent years but many people in the community are still relatively unaware of the […] 

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Prezi: Cool Online Tools (draft)

Posted by | Published on June 13, 2010

This is the first presentation using Prezi I have ever completed; although I have started a few in the past 12 months before the pressure […] 

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Cool Online Tools

Posted by | Published on June 11, 2010

Next week I facilitate a workshop designed to assist Year 11 students find some useful online tools to support their learning, especially research, collaboration, organisation, study and […] 

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