NB. A Lot of the credit for the work talked about in this post go to Dave Warren from Otago University and also to the Yr 10 boys in my Science class who are teaching me as they go. They are awesome and I am really hoping we can get this to work. Minecraft hasContinue reading “Getting going with MINECRAFT”
Category Archives: Teaching and Learning
On relief teachers and class room culture…
I remember vividly a lecturer at T col (which was 6 and a bit years ago – eep) saying something along the lines of ‘you will know if you students are working because they want to work or if they are working because you are making them depending on how they go with a reliever’Continue reading “On relief teachers and class room culture…”
Inking with Office 2016 is a little bit AWESOME
I was ‘FINALLY’ able to get Office 2016 onto my surface last week as it has become available on our school tenant. Microsoft has gone all out to improve the inking and collaborative features in all off the software packages. I am currently obsessed with the inking function – in Outlook especially. I have alwaysContinue reading “Inking with Office 2016 is a little bit AWESOME”
Learning
This year, and hopefully from here on in, I am a learner formally known as a teacher. @michaeltarry @TheOrganist @ThomasHaig @Cherie59789095 I am a learner- and a geek who can't quite believe this is how she spends Sat night — Rachel Chisnall (@ibpossum) February 13, 2016 I don’t teach Chemistry or Science, I help peopleContinue reading “Learning”
Sharepoint update – almost ready to be the LMS
So, after a big effort over 2 terms we are nearly reading to roll out SharePoint sites for staff next year. The Student learning management system side still needs a few more tweaks as departments decide how they will be running certain tasks. For example, the English department needs to be able to track changesContinue reading “Sharepoint update – almost ready to be the LMS”
#teachmeetNZ – International year of Light
So, readers of this blog will now I am a massive fan of #teachmeet, especially #teachmeetNZ. The recent International year of light session was no exception – quality presentations from passionate, energetic educators who are willing to try, play, fail and share. The big take home messages for me from this session was to haveContinue reading “#teachmeetNZ – International year of Light”
Tinkering
So, forever ago, I showed this in class when I was talking about ions and electric charge (I had been procrastinating the night before watching hunger games clips and ended up completely changing the lesson plans to talk about this) I wondered if were even possible to do. At the time, we had a goodContinue reading “Tinkering”
Paper clippings
I was a little mystified a few weeks ago when a cut out of a newspaper article appeared in my pigeon hole. But also stoked, it was a really cool article and what isn’t there to love about NanoGirl. There have been a few others pop in from time to time too I foundContinue reading “Paper clippings”
Stepping up with Sway
Since my last post on how I have been using sway, I have used this software in a different way in my classes. As part of our genetics unit, a colleague (Mel) and I have designed our unit resources to fit into sway. Traditionally, for the level of students we are teaching, this unit isContinue reading “Stepping up with Sway”
Blogging challenge – resources
I am really loving the blogging challenge. It is stretching some brain muscles in a super good way. While I blog for myself anyway, it has been really good to have some leading questions to get me thinking about other aspects of my teaching and learning practice. For today, that is a resource I haveContinue reading “Blogging challenge – resources”
ibpossum takes on tech 