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Goodbye post conference blues

Last week was a bit of a toughy. Coming back from ulearn and Microsoft Innovative educators on a massive high and I came crashing back to earth the very first lesson back when the cows crashed, the internet was SO SO SLOW and I was desperate to share everything I had learned all at once –Continue reading “Goodbye post conference blues”

Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Experience

I applied for the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert program thinking you have to be in to win. I didn’t fit all the criteria as I have only been working with microsoft 365 for this year, and even quietly kept my mac in my laptop bag (getting a new microsoft surface pro was a great perk).Continue reading “Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Experience”

ulearn musings 1- finding my path by looking back

So, it is day 2 of Ulearn, and we have been given some time. Time is so precious, and I always struggle to use it wisely. Or I get so caught up in tomorrow I forget about today, or last year, or even before that. One of my favourite poems is about time Time outContinue reading “ulearn musings 1- finding my path by looking back”

End of term III

Wow. Term 3 came and went in a big rush. But I am pretty pleased with how it panned out, especially the blogging of my lessons. I managed a post for each lesson of the life processes internal we are doing at yr 11, and started to work on the videos for my year 12Continue reading “End of term III”

Using Solo for organic revision

I did this a while back, but just have been slack on the blog. I am officially in love with SOLO, and in particular SOLO hexagons. I am going to have to treat myself to some of Pam Hooks books, and think carefully about how I can more fully and usefully integrate SOLO into myContinue reading “Using Solo for organic revision”

Making videos – getting braver but still not brave enough

So, a friend is going great guns with show me, a very cool app, that is for ipad. Which means it is of no use to me. But I had a play with powerpoint, and it turns out it is pretty simple to make a pretty good wee video using power point, and whats more,Continue reading “Making videos – getting braver but still not brave enough”

letting students up the front

This week, My year 10 classes (I have 2) took some time out from content, content, content, and did a mini research project on an acid or base of their choice. While it was good for them to have a break from me, & even pracs, it was great for me to be able toContinue reading “letting students up the front”

Under pressure

I love David Bowie, and I love Queen, put together they are amazing. We have practice exams coming up. And the kindest way I can describe my classes right now is casual. They just don’t seem to care. Meanwhile, I am tearing my hair out trying to come out with ways to motivate them (yelling,Continue reading “Under pressure”

Twitter has a new level

So, #scichatNZ has really taken off. Matt Nicoll did an excellent post on how he sees it, which has inspired me to do one too, but as more of a relfection of my journey to get here. I got signed up to twitter at a school PD day – it was a novelty, I tweeted someContinue reading “Twitter has a new level”

Term 3 madness

So, term 3 is here already. I am trying to hit the ground running… Today I had my first go explicitly using Solo taxonomy. I used the hexagons (generated by the free ap here) as a starter for my yr 11 Genetics topic. It worked really well, and I found my students where already familiar withContinue reading “Term 3 madness”