Latest 2008 edition: Did you Know?
Monday, March 30th, 2009Worth a look at the latest edition of Did you know.
Archive for March, 2009
Worth a look at the latest edition of Did you know.
Will Lyon’s Bites
Monday, March 30th, 2009Thanks to John Connell I found this fantastic resource for teachers by Will Lyon on his Flickr site should they need an image for their lesson. This one struck me as I was writing my next post.
assessment for learning
Sunday, March 29th, 2009At last weeks leadership meeting we struggled for some time with the question how to best use the latest assessments we had of students mathematical understandings. During March we had all our 350 Prep - Year Four students individually tested using this new online version of the Mathematics Interview. Using the ...
Why a Master’s Degree now?
Friday, March 20th, 2009"You did it... You did it", the words of Professor Higgins from My Fair Lady were ringing in my ear as I drove home from University this afternoon - yes I did it - I've enrolled and started my Masters in Education course at Monash University. Today was the second day ...
Learning Walks on improved relationships and engagement.
Thursday, March 19th, 2009Near the end of February my Assistant Principal and I went on a series of learning walks or walkthroughs with a focus on classroom rules and norms of working. We spent a short time in each classroom listening to students and teachers talking, we looked around the room for anchor charts teachers ...
Typealyzer, a tool to promote dialogue about blogs
Thursday, March 12th, 2009I stumbled upon this site, typealyzer, that looks at your blog and tries to analysis the type of blog it represents. There are many different types and when I typed in my blog address it looked at several entries I image and then decided a category. There is no right or wrong ...
The Star Fish Story
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009This video reminds me of a former school council president, John Stafford who would each year thank the teachers for their service to the community. John would present each of them with a star fish he would make and a small gift as a symbol of the gratitude the community felt ...
social networking possibilities in classrooms
Sunday, March 8th, 2009http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzpix/3332094759/ I was reading Will Richardson's article on the use of social networking sites in classrooms. Will was quoting the research of Christine Greenhowa doctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Yes, some of you might say that I am showing a little self interest in choosing this article as I have completed ...
Old Man Take a Look at Yourself – Graduation
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009At the start of each school year we, in the broadest sense of community, plan a series of activities and events for the coming year that are connected - connected to students, their learning, their families and some of the challenges they as individuals face now and the years ahead. One ...
