Sustaining relationships and friendships over time takes effort. This weekend I am having lunch with six other women who were my friends way back in primary school and secondary school. That’s pretty amazing, since that was a long time ago! We don’t always see each other, and sometimes one of us may be temporarily on [...]
Continue Reading Add comment July 27, 2012
The ACEC2010 Digital Diversity Conference is just around the corner! I’m both excited and a little nervous. My role with the conference is varied. I am – on the organising committee a presenter a panel member a school tour guide a delegate So when choosing my badge for the ACEC2010, I decided to choose the [...]
Continue Reading 5 comments March 28, 2010
Earlier this year I wrote a couple of posts about developing a PLN (Professional Learning Network), and just last week I presented at the VITTA Conference about ‘The Power of the online PLN’. It was very much a reflection of how I had developed my own network over the year as a direct result of [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment December 2, 2008
Professional Learning for teachers can take many different shapes and forms. There can be workshops, presentations, action research and peer coaching. Most recently Online Learning Networks have emerged through the Read/Write Web allowing teachers to learn anytime, anywhere. In their research Joyce and Showers (pdf) tell us that Coaching (Peer Coaching) is the most effective [...]
Continue Reading Add comment July 24, 2008
When I first began teaching in the 1980s as a graduate, the people I would turn to for support would be my fellow teachers and my leadership team. They knew everything I needed to know about what to teach and how to teach it. Or so it seemed. At times, depending on budget allocations, I [...]
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