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Sharepoint update – Racing ahead

Just over a week ago I briefed the curriculum directors at my school about Sharepoint Sites and the plans we have outlined to use Sharepoint for our document sharing and storage. I set up a subsite for each curriculum area and asked them to talk about it with their curriculum areas, with a focus onContinue reading “Sharepoint update – Racing ahead”

Progress update – Sharepoint

As part of my role, I have been heavily involved with the implementation of Microsoft 365 SharePoint sites at my school. This is looking to overtake Ultranet as our Learning Management System (LMS) next year. After attending a workshop run by Darrel Webster in term 1, I was feeling a bit frustrated about our lackContinue reading “Progress update – Sharepoint”

Competencies over content

I have been thinking and hearing a lot about competencies lately. Today, a cardboard box made it ‘click’ for me about what this means for my teaching and learning programs, and I am thankful I had probably been focussing a lot on competencies without even realising it. But now I have been doing more readingContinue reading “Competencies over content”

Presenting to #teachmeetNZ – Being Brave

A big part of my focus after attending the E2 educator exchange was being courageous and brave. I blogged about this in an earlier post that you can read here. So when I spotted an opening to present at #teachmeetNZ I jumped in. I was going to talk about building collaboration when the ever amazingContinue reading “Presenting to #teachmeetNZ – Being Brave”

BioliveChemEd reflections

Last week I was in Wellington for BioliveChemED. And it was rad. Amazingly awesome – although I was really tired going in so I did struggle a little with the motivation aspect. I started writing this post wanting to think about my highlights. But reading through my notes, there were so many good sessions andContinue reading “BioliveChemEd reflections”

3.1 – into the depths of ‘extended practical investigations’

So, I am a little ashamed to admit that this year is the first time in my teaching career (this is my 6th year) that I have had a class complete an extended practical investigation. My first school didn’t offer it, not wanting to do it as a ‘superficial credit counting’ exercise. I agreed withContinue reading “3.1 – into the depths of ‘extended practical investigations’”

Reflections from EducampTimaru

Lately I have been feeling a bit under the weather with reports and assessments. So I thought it would be well worth the drive to Timaru for the Educamp there – especially as the lovely Anne was going to, so I could hitch a ride. If you are new to the educamp idea, they areContinue reading “Reflections from EducampTimaru”

appraisals – call me crazy, but I like them

I saw this tweet from Andrew Murray today Which has got me thinking – I normally hear ‘you don’t know what you don’t know’. I like this better though. There are some things I am good at, some things I am working on and some things I acknowledge I am rubbish at (like proof readingContinue reading “appraisals – call me crazy, but I like them”

Haves, and have nots

I had a interesting interaction this week that has got me thinking about haves and have nots when it comes to education. With up coming pay negotiations, articles like this about school donations and BYOD policies and general feeling of we (my household) are running on a tight belt, it really hit a chord withContinue reading “Haves, and have nots”

Putting Office Mix into practice

I blogged about some of the awesome features I learned about with Office Mix here. I have made some mixes before, but they have mostly just utilised the inking feature and screen recordings to demonstrate how to complete exams questions – or one was a slap dash job for #educampdunners that I really wanted to getContinue reading “Putting Office Mix into practice”