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This is my class, a group of Year 5 students. (We group according to age level, and they are all 9 -10 years old.) Does teaching in New Zealand differ a lot from your teaching? If so, I would love to know what the differences are! My Montage 8/7/08 Share
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Teaching kids to read is not that hard. Most of my pupils have learned to decode , and read with fluency , and some can even entertain you with wonderful expression . Teaching them to read with comprehension , however, is a different matter. At our school
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I've been blogging now for a little longer than 8 months, and I'm absolutely hooked! I started out, not really knowing what it was all about. My first few posts were, well to say the least, mundane! Now that I actually get it, and have started making
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I've had such and inspiring and also a frustrating two days. Our school is part of an ICT cluster of 6 schools, and I am one of 3 lead teachers involved. For the last two days we have had a workshop, run by our school, which is the host school. We visited
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In answer to the Learning Circuits Blog's May 2008 Big Question. I've only been on the blogosphere since last year. One debate that I keep coming across, is the Digital Native / Digital Immigrant one. According to those in the know, the Digital Native's
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Darren Drake writes the following in his blog: Carl Glickman hits the nail on the head on one of the pages in his book entitled Leadership for Learning: How to Help Teachers Succeed . In my opinion, his message should be read and synthesized by every
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We all know that effective learning occurs when... Student autonomy and initiative is accepted and encouraged Teacher asks open-ended questions and allows wait time for responses Higher level thinking is encouraged Students engage in dialogue with teacher
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This video was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate school leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.
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I love teaching. I've left the profession several times, and tried my hand at several other professions, but I always come back, and this time I'm not leaving again! I qualified as a teacher 21 years ago. I've seen students change from shy blonde haired,
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I recently had to give feedback to our staff about what I had learnt at ULearn 07. I spent some time thining about it, and together with the inspiration from the current K12 Online Conference, this is what I've learnt: The audience is no longer just the
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It's easy to get frustrated with my colleagues, who just won't get on the eLearning bus, but I'll try not to! As one of the ICT lead teachers, I've been blown away by the Web 2.0 tools. In my Year 3/4 class I have kids blogging, podcasting (well almost),
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I overheard someone saying that to blog, was a bit like 'blowing your own horn'. Well, maybe it is, but maybe the bloggers out there just love writing. Or talking. Or sharing their thoughts. Why does it appeal to me? Is it just that I like the 'sound'
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I'm lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to attend the uLearn conference in Auckland this week (during my non-contact time - previously called 'holidays'.) WOW! What a load of mind-blowing ideas! I've seen (and been able to try out my own)
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