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Tough Training
This post is part of a series reflecting on my international study tour to Copenhagen, Berlin and London. Today’s visit, our last in Berlin, took us to a gymnasium in Kreuzberg, Leibniz Schule. 840...
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Guest Learner at St Catherine’s, Cambridge
Today we headed to Cambridge for our first school visit in England. We arrive at Parkside Academy, which is a federation academy meaning they run more than one school. In this case there are two...
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Aspirations
At today’s visit is to Quintin Kynaston Academy, located just around the corner from Abbey Road Studios, it was wonderful to have students greeting and talking to us as we signed in at the school....
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A last tour
Our last day of visits took us to two different places. Our first was to Donhead Preparatory School, a Jesuit school in Wimbledon that is a stepping stone to some of the exclusive grammar schools in...
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We hold the answers
This week I have been sent a newspaper article and a blog post, both of which resonated strongly with me and probably shows me that people know me well. The first came as a tweet “@medg56 RT...
View ArticleWhy our schools are NOT failing your children
This morning I read this article by recent graduate Johanna O’Farrell in The Age. Of course any article which opens with “Why your schools are failing your children: a teacher tells” piqued my...
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Climbing the Story Mountain
Image: ‘Denali – Mountain Landscape from Alaska‘ Found on flickrcc.net It is no secret that I miss the classroom. After leaving the classroom 16 months ago I knew I would. Don’t get me wrong, I love...
View ArticleProfessional Learning | Really?
You may have seen this YouTube clip that is circling social media at the moment. It was taken at a Chicago Professional Development session and was shared as an example of why teachers are going out of...
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#beerpedagogy and a new culture
On the weekend I attended the #beerpedagogy tweet up. I always look forward to a #beerpedagogy event, and no not because of the beer! You may be wondering what on earth #beerpedagogy is and it is...
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The #DLTV2014 Conference
It is hard to believe it is only a bit over a week since the first Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria Annual Conference. It was a two day conference focussing on using digital tools for teaching...
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Startup Weekend Education Melbourne
Last weekend saw the first Startup Weekend Education in Melbourne and I was lucky enough to be one of the organisers. Startup Weekends are typically a grassroot movement to empower entrepreneurs….....
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Festival of Gaming
At this time of year I love reading everyone’s wrap up of the previous year. Highlight, lowlight, best of. I am not usually one to write that sort of thing, and if you look back over my year of...
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New beginnings
I always love the opportunities new beginnings offer you and this week my new beginning was starting at a new school. Usually a time of trepidation and nerves I found myself full of excitement and a...
View ArticleSplashED
Last week I became a Splash ambassador. Splash is an Australian website run by the ABC which collates high quality content to share with Australian educators, parents and students. It includes...
View ArticleDigital Technologies | A Curriculum
Last year I was lucky enough to be involved with VCAA in trialling the new Digital Technologies Curriculum in the primary school. The AusVELS‘ version of the Australian Curriculum is set to be...
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A Fringe Festival of Learning
“People don’t go to conferences for presentations. They go for the networking.” Overheard on tram 48, 6.47pm, 16.4.15. As educators we know and understand the importance of providing authentic, rich...
View ArticleReggio Emilia
I recently attended the Australian Reggio Emilia Conference, which was this year in Melbourne. For a long time I have looked at the Reggio Emilia region with envy as many of my ideals of education are...
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Telling or Teaching?
I picked up this 1937 Teachers Quarterly for a $1 at a market over the summer. It was really for a bit of a laugh to read and look at how much had changed. But I was a little surprised to see that...
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A day at the museum
I have always believed in the power of the network in education to provoke, support and connect. As a user of twitter I have built up a large network around me and now people I have connected with...
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Another first day of school
One of the things I love about the school year beginning each year is the opportunity we have as teachers to start fresh, set goals and the enthusiastic nature a new year brings in. The first morning...
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