Teaching and Learning – Page 9 – ibpossum takes on tech

Exploring Office Mix – some awesome features

During my trip to Seattle for the Microsoft Global Educators Exchange, I got the opportunity to explore some of the features of Office Mix. Part of this was filming a Quick Tip video on how to embed PHeT animations into an Office Mix presentation, and then I attended a flipped classroom session where more MicrosoftContinue reading “Exploring Office Mix – some awesome features”

drafting gates……

So, right now I feel like I’m the chap in the little blue hat. Sending sheep this way or that – you passed the assessment, you can do level 2 Chem, you didn’t, so sorry, no L3 for you. A Colleague gave me the idea, we were having a chat and it was his analogy forContinue reading “drafting gates……”

What story am I trying to tell?

Presenting is something that most teacher do often. Whether we realise it or not – and sometimes even if we are directly trying to do less of it – we are often standing in front of people trying to tell a story. This is me doing what I do way too often 🙂Continue reading “What story am I trying to tell?”

Moving on up with OneNote

Last year I meet with some members of my department and the social sciences department about using OneNote for their classes. I had been playing around with Microsoft OneNote for my junior classes and had found it user friendly, versatile and really useful for getting different types of information across. You can easily embed wordContinue reading “Moving on up with OneNote”

Moving beyond the posters

The beginning of the year always takes me slightly by surprise. There is a lovely calm of prepping classes, touching base with colleagues, course approval, working through class roles, looking over the NCEA reports and thinking about what you can do better, teacher only day information dump …… Really, it isn’t that calm and thereContinue reading “Moving beyond the posters”

There and back again.

So, I’ve finished for the year. An empty, messy classroom is oddly quiet in front of me. I remember standing here at the start of the year thinking alright, you can do this. And I am thinking about the Hobbit movie – so excited, Ollie is going to Grans so we (hubby and me) canContinue reading “There and back again.”

Playing around with Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Onenote has become my favourite tool in my digital teaching and learning tool box. I was a little slow on the uptake, but attending ulearn14 and MIEE really opened my eyes to the potential of Onenote. The biggest plus for me is Onenote is just so versatile, easy to add into and visually appealing. UsingContinue reading “Playing around with Microsoft OneNote”

Leaving the front

At my school we are going through a period of change. The Old A block is getting knocked down (it is 85 years old) and some new class rooms are being built – they are about a year away. So it was a good time to go scavenging – with very little trouble and noContinue reading “Leaving the front”

My first go with Microsoft Office Mix

So, I first heard about Microsoft Office Mix at Ulearn 2 weeks ago, and then saw some more at the Microsoft Innovative Educators Expert (MIEE) weekend in Sydney. Office Mix is an add on for Microsoft powerpoint that allows you to easily record, annotate and include quizzes within a powerpoint presentation. It was something IContinue reading “My first go with Microsoft Office Mix”

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”