September 2008 - Posts
I had such a cool teacher-moment in my Year 5 class this week! In the life of a teacher , these moments are rare, but cherished! I've been encouraging my students to become 'powerful learners'. On our ePortfolios, they have to reflect on last term's goals,
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I came across this tool, Mixwit , from Dean Groom's post, Learning with an audience . He has been using it to record student's reflections on their use of Web 2.0 technologies, and how it affects their learning. For now, I've just popped a normal MP3
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The educators in New Zealand have got together and created a wiki with heaps of resources to support this day. Have a fun literacy and maths day with the mini- theme of Pirates. Or let this be the kick-off to a longer unit. Read about it on my other blog,
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I found a post about an interesting event on Amanda 's blog: It's 'Talk like a Pirate Day' on Friday, 19 September! Everyone on Twitter is also talking about it. Check out the cool wiki and add to the Voicethread with your class. It sounds like so much
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I've just found a brand new fun application, called dumpr . It's free, and all you need to do is register. As with all the other fun toys I find, I don't know yet how I'll apply it in my teaching, but it's pretty cool! Have a look: I'm sure my pupils
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I'm at home in bed today. I have two complaints: 1) I've lost my voice. 2) Every muscle in my body is protesting. Now, it may be the lingering flu / lung infection that I've been battling since last week, or... and this is more likely ... it may be that
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I've always been really interested boys' special teaching needs. But do you ever stop to think about the girls' special needs and maximize their learning? I found this provocative article in the Teacher Magazine (I get a free email subscription) : Teaching
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These days, we know all about 21st Century Learners, and most of us are proud to implement the new strategies. Just to refresh my memory I've been reading up on 21st Century Learners: "A 21st Century Learner tends to be a multi-tasker that uses sound
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