Getting Better Together
I first came across socractic seminars when learning about flipped learning. This might sound strange, but actually, flipping your classroom allows for better use of class time and using a socractic seminar in your classroom is a fantastic use of this limited resource because it helps to students to engage with content knowledge, collaborate, learn […]
Many people think flipped learning is simply sending a video home, But they are wrong! Flipped learning or flipped classroom as it is often called is not just sending a video home for homework and then doing what used to be homework in the classroom! Flipped learning is so much more than that, and flipping […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8BpN2wGpH4It takes a lot of time and a lot of effort to flip your classroom, but as the motto goes in my household and in my classrooms: We Do Hard Things! But flipped learning makes such a fantastic different to your classroom making it worth all that effort (plus you save yourself time and effort later). […]
What is InsertLearning InsertLearning is a Google Chrome Extension that allows teachers to insert instructional content on any web-page. It is a Tech tool that when assigned allows your students to engage with the web-page – answering questions, posting in chats and following along to you annotations on the web-page. The video above is a […]
Over the last week I have been privileged enough to attend the Google for Education Innovator Academy in Sydney 2019. These days were fantastic for growing me as both a teacher and an innovator. The innovator program begins by you identifying a problem within education as a whole, or locally at your school or some […]
There are so many different web browsers out there currently, and choosing the right one, or switching from the one you have used for so long can seem difficult or maybe your just not sure why you should switch to something else. Well, let me give you a few reasons why you should choose to […]
Cognitive load theory is the theory relating to the limits of working memory and the points at which learning is interrupted because the task is applying too large a load on the cognitive activity. There has been heaps of research around this theory and today I want to focus on the relationship between cognitive load […]
Goal setting for teachers is vital to professional growth and to help foster an attitude and culture of life-long learning. Throughout my career I have frequently set goals for myself as a teacher. Though at first this was forced upon me by my school, I have come to see it as a vital aspect of […]
The Australian National Teaching Standards were published in 2011 and are now a vital aspect of teacher training and development across the country. The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) have produced a large number of resources and tools to help teachers to become familiar with these standards and learn how to use […]
The importance of new teacher induction cannot be overestimated. Across Australia, we have a major issue with new teachers dropping out of the profession in as little as 5 years. Currently, our stats tell us that it is around 25% of new teachers that are dropping out. One way to help reduce this drop-out rate […]