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”
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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”
#EDBLOGNZ Challenge – inspiration
So, I’m not sure how to keep this post from being all gushy. And it is impossible to limit it to 3 weeks. Or 3 people for that matter. Sorry Nathaniel and the blogging challenge team. I’m breaking the ‘rules’ and not doing the set assessment task. Again. But over the last 18 months sinceContinue reading “#EDBLOGNZ Challenge – inspiration”
TeachmeetNZ CENZ15
I LOVE teachmeets. They are FREE, have real teachers sharing real stories, are short, they share resources and they are recorded so even if you can’t make it, you can watch and learn later. So teachmeets, along with educamps and twitter chats rate super highly amongst my professional learning favourites. Which is why when SonyaContinue reading “TeachmeetNZ CENZ15”
Edblog Challenge – Looking back
This post about how #scichatNZ started out for me was a no-brainer for me to go back to and revisit for the blog challenge. Especially in light of some thoughts bouncing around after Ulearn about twitter being ‘elite’ and an ‘echo chamber’ In my original post, I reflected on how valuable twitter had been forContinue reading “Edblog Challenge – Looking back”
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”
Blogging Challenge – How can I use NCEA better?
So, I am being cheeky and using this post to tick ALL 3 boxes of the blogging challenge. Does this mean I get credit for all 3???? Credit farming breaks my heart. It actually makes a little piece of my happy teacher persona die. Unlike fairies, no amount of clapping will bring it back. BecauseContinue reading “Blogging Challenge – How can I use NCEA better?”
Blogging challenge – evolving teaching practice – Telling stories
Something I have become acutely aware of this year is the power of telling stories. I had a huge focus earlier on in my teaching (I have only been teaching for 6 years, so in some terms I am probably still finding my feet in teacher years……) about removing myself from the front of theContinue reading “Blogging challenge – evolving teaching practice – Telling stories”
Every little thing
Gonna be alright Each year, I start my Level 2 Chemistry class the same way – by playing Three little Birds at the start of the lesson. It is to remind me and my students, but me mostly, that despite the big step up to Level 7 of the curriculum and the tough journey thatContinue reading “Every little thing”
Playing around with Sway
If you haven’t had a look at Sway yet, I really suggest you do. It came online as part of our schools 365 software about 6 weeks ago, although I had been using it off and on for about a year. It is a flexible presentation medium that allows for a wide range of images,Continue reading “Playing around with Sway”
ibpossum takes on tech 