If you've been involved in project based learning, or problem based learning, or any student led inquiry, you will know the feeling I mean. You're in the class, but feel surplus to needs. Students have the guidelines; they have the learning goals; they have the tools to get them there. And this may not include …
Lockdown Lessons Learned
If teaching as inquiry has taught me one thing, it is the value of reflection. As we move towards level 2 of the lockdown period, I felt it timely to look at what lockdown learning has taught me. It is important to acknowledge that this is the first global crisis we have all faced for …
Lockdown Learning
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster- Elon Musk As I write this post, New Zealand has been in lockdown for almost a week. We experienced a few days of online learning before the earlier-than-normal Easter holidays began. In that time I have witnessed a flurry …
What to do When the World Shuts Down
When I had the idea of making the following poster, it was done when school closure was a theoretical concept, not a reality. I must say I was hugely skeptical that we would go into full lockdown. But when lockdown came, it did so swiftly and uncompromisingly. ONLINE LEARNING Was I worried about my students? …
Curriculum Progress Tools
I was fortunate to attend a hui run by the ministry in their Wellington offices on Friday, 6 March. Besides loving any excuse to visit our capital city, I found the day to be both informative and incredibly useful for planning our way forward with the curriculum progress tools. As a Kāhui Ako we have …
Protected: 2019 Overall Results
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New book title: Start Sketchnoting
I love creating digital books using iBooks Author. It's a no-brainer for me: one download with all that multi-media content in one place. I am also developing a love for sketchnoting. Personally, I can feel the benefits, but more importantly, I can see the benefits for students. So I have combined these two passions into …
Teaching as Inquiry: Data and Evidence
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead With this quote in mind I approached this term with the strong desire to continue to push my students beyond the limits they put on themselves. The hunch for my TAI was based on learning dispositions and learning mindsets. I have a …
Protected: Appraisal Summary Report: 2019
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2019 NCEA Level 1 Results
This is the first time in a number of years that I have not taught the year 11 extension class. My year 11 class was made up of some wonderful students with a varied range of abilities. Although I made some changes with regard to the texts we studied, I didn't change my approach, which …
