Dear blog viewers and followers, I have been asked the following question so many times and I don’t have the answer, so I thought I would put it out there to you: “Does My-learning work with younger children?” I teach a year 6 class and know My-learning has been trialed in classes from year 3 up … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Will our kids be a different species?”
Twitter is such a great source of P.D. I happened across the following video a fellow educator posted on Twitter recently. Intriguing. Continue reading »
My planning… or should I say the kid’s planning?
This year, I have gradually been giving more and more responsibility and autonomy to the children in my class. We started off small – children were organised into groups who had responsibility for running a fitness session one day a week. From there, we have gradually built up such autonomy and ownership. Children plan their … Continue reading »
Latest article – Interface
The latest article to come out about My-learning is on page 38 of Interface magazine (issue 40). Have a look! INTERFACE – Issue 40, June 2012 – For a new approach to teaching try My-Learning Continue reading »
Digital Storytelling
Let’s think more broadly about writing, presenting information and telling stories! Here are just a couple of ideas that you may or may not come across: Xtranormal - Animated cartoons Animoto - Professional looking presentations Storybird - Online books with artist’s illustrations Zooburst - Online pop-up books Voicethread - Multimedia slide show people can comment on Voki - Speaking avatars There … Continue reading »
Sharing: Ideas don’t come from mid-air.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. – George Bernard Shaw It’s great when … Continue reading »
Check out the My-learning article in “School News” magazine.
Yep, another article about My-learning has been published…. In my (biased) opinion, it could be worth a look. School News. Continue reading »
Coffee and Computers
This term we have decided to change the way we do ICT professional development a little and try out something new. The concept is this: “Coffee and Computers” (I’m sure you can come up with a better name than this but, under time constraints, boring old alliteration won when deciding on a title. This is … Continue reading »
How has the internet changed education?
This was recently posted on coolinfographics.com and is worth a look and a ponder: It’s also worth thinking about how infographics could be used in your classroom… How has internet changed education infographic from SEO.com explores what kind of impact the Internet has on education. Continue reading »
