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What if every teacher used twitter? I've been thinking lately about the fact that twitter, blogging, social media and Teachmeets are not really mainstream yet ( blog. Most teachers don't use them. Why not? Most teachers learnt to use email so why not Twitter? I also re-read a blog post by Dan Haesler, What if every teacher blogged. And saw a tweet by Matt Esterman about there being 200,000 teachers on twitter, which is still a very small percentage of all teachers around the world. How would it effect.
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Learning Analytics Part 2. I am interested in tracking student learning based on what they think and feel about their learning, rather that just on what I see, observe or mark. My aim is to analyse this data to identify students at risk, eg disengaged, overwhelmed, struggling or bored and to. Change and adapt the learning and activities to meet individual student needs. On how I designed and set. My reflections and general impressions. I read over each week's responses, to get an overall impression about...
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Learning Spaces - PC Squared
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8203;I hosted a teachmeet last week on. Check out the storify of the back channel) which an excellent range of. From all education sectors from K-12. Below are some of my thoughts from the ideas presented. Changing learning spaces can freak out both students and staff. So you have to help them along on the journey of change and provide them with reasons. This can be an issue in schools who have changed their learning spaces when you get new staff who aren't used to new spaces. None of presenters felt the...
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I love the quote from spiderman "With great power comes great responsibility". In the comics one of the main themes was spiderman balancing his personal needs with the high responsibility that comes from his powers. But most students don't start off with great powers, they develop them over time through effort and persistence. Each student is ultimately responsible for their own progress. So I think the quote could easily work the other way too. With great responsibility comes great power". Setbacks and ...
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Advice to students leaving school - PC Squared
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Advice to students leaving school. Working in a Senior High School half our students leave each year. So I spend lots of time talking with students about their future education, jobs, careers and managing life after 13 years of schooling. After the recent farewell assembly for our Year 12 students, I was thinking about the best practical advice to give students to help them in the work place or when dealing with new situations. Excuse me (all of which I hope are already automatic). Thanks for the commen...
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I am interested in the idea of learning analytics. I want to gather data about student learning and progress to influence what they are learning and what I teach next. Rather than just continue to read more about it I decided to try it out with my new Year 11 Software Design and Development class. I chose this class as I knew nothing about these students and students normally come in with vastly different skills and knowledge. Their level of engagement in the course/class. I used the likert scale of 1-6 ...
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Creativity in Education - VividIdeas - PC Squared
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Creativity in Education - VividIdeas. I attended a Vivid Ideas seminar on Creativity in Education. At the Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday 4 June organised by Bradfield Senior College. It had an excellent panel of 7 inspiring people from both industry and education who discussed their ideas around creativity. The aim of the seminar was:. The keynote speaker Dr James Aranitakis. Suggestions James gave to engage and teach creativity included:. Mess with the curriculum to make it engaging and interesting.
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Vivid reflections - PC Squared
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I have been fortunate over the last 2 weeks to be involved in a number of events that have pushed me out of my normal work environment, to see beyond school and have conversations with a diverse range of educators and people from industry. My College ran two Vivid Ideas events, a “ Creative Industries Careers Day. Rdquo; on Saturday 4 June and a “ Creativity in Education. Rdquo; Seminar at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday 4 June. In between I attended and presented at the Education Nation. Your c...
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Self-control to success - PC Squared
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Image from Predict My Future: The science of us. This week I watched the SBS show. Predict My Future: The Science Of Us - The Early Years ( watch on SBS on demand. This documentary series is based on the findings of the Dunedin Longitudinal Study. This study has followed 1000 children since 1972. One of the things that stood out for me in the show was that the data showed that the personal trait of self-control in childhood is linked to successful (healthier and wealthier) adults ( see article. Help them...
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One email per week - PC Squared
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One email per week. On social media I see (and read) lots of articles that espouse what you need to do to be more efficient, more organised or a better leader. Most sound good in theory, but don't work in practice because they require too big a change (at once) to make them succeed. I have tried a few, but like diets most just don't last, but this year one did! The article I read early in 2015 that stood out was. How to Go From Working 60 Hours a Week to 40 By Sending 2 Emails a Week. Originally I was a ...