Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Our school organisation is leading a shift in our pedagogy. A three part model that includes an assignment frame, a taught or direct instruction frame and resource immersion. Given that a lot of information is shared via a learning platform …
This time last summer, one of the final jobs I completed was to share a student summer challenge. It was my version of the TES post, that borrowed from an American teacher’s impassioned post. A collection of optional tasks. The …
About this time every year, Freya (my daughter) and I create the Teaching and Learning Takeover promo. It is our small contribution to the excellent work of the TLT dynamic duo of David and Jen. The Adobe Spark apps (Post, …
It seems that I keep stumbling upon All Black Culture. Te tīmatanga o te matauranga ko te wahangū, te wāhanga tuarua ko te whakarongo. The first stage of learning is silence, the second stage is listening.
On a number of occasions I have shared assembly gems. Precious stories and fables that I stumble upon listening to various podcasts and reading RSS feeds. This week – I met Swen. I say met, I was introduced to the …
Three tips to save us all time. One powerful tool and two shortcuts. Today I leant that Microsoft Garage Project “Dictate” has been released. It is a basic but accurately speech-to-text add-in that works across most Microsoft Office suite. The …
Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get. – W.P. Kinsella
The documentary following 10 strangers at turning points in their lives, brought together to take over La Banditaccia, an Italian farm in the foothills of Mount Amiata. Their story is interweaved with morsels of local reflection most notably from father Gianni. …
