In October, an ISTE group came to visit Debney Meadows PS as part of their Australia tour, whilst also attending the ACEC2012 Conference in Perth. We were lucky to have the group visit us at school and allow our children to showcase their learning so enthusiastically. Ellen, Director of Technology at The Cathedral School, one [...]
Continue Reading Add comment January 5, 2013
It’s been nearly a decade since I first started exploring the importance of emotions in teaching and learning. For me there have been mixed messages. That students need to be resilient, that teachers and leaders need to keep calm at all times, that teachers are too emotional and that is why we are not a [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment February 11, 2012
Q – How do we plan for professional learning and does it work? Q – What sort of Professional Learning makes the most impact on Classroom practice Educational reform As an AP with a role of Student Learning and Professional Learning, I am often linking the two and trying to work in ways that are [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments July 1, 2010
Today for our weekly whole staff meeting/professional learning, we had an opportunity to share our learnings from uLearn09. This was a great way to empower our two classroom teachers who attended, and a chance for my principal and I to talk about our ‘wow’ moments. Often professional learning opportunities can lose their impact upon the [...]
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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
Can we make a difference to student learning through the use of ICT? As a classroom teacher who has loved using ICT in her class for many years, I have to say YES! However, it has always been difficult to articulate why I have felt this. Is it because students are more motivated? Or engaged? [...]
Continue Reading 3 comments July 14, 2008
I’ve been on summer vacation now for 3 weeks and have had some wonderful learning happening in this time. Ever since I attended a workshop on blogs and wikis mid last year, I have been fascinated by the power of Web 2.0. Attending NavCon2k7 in September fuelled my curiosity even more when I listened to [...]
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