6 Lessons on Making Decisions
Unlike schools in the Northern Hemisphere, Australian schools are now halfway through the academic…
Measuring For Learning
The Problem With Traditional Learning Measures
Not everything that can be counted counts is a…
Featured in The Age
As my friend blogger, Jacqui Murray pointed out, I’m overdue for a new post.
While you’re waiting,…
Should Teacher Meetings Run Like Business Meetings?
What makes a good meeting?
Books on leading effective meetings include recommendations about precise agendas, fearless timekeepers, and detailed notetakers. In business meetings, all those items have value.
But are teacher meetings the same thing as…
A New School Year in the Southern Hemisphere
It feels like August. For the first 18 years of my career in education, school started in August.…
Atropos: Why society makes me so angry about ADHD
There are two things people should know about me. 1. I love pinterest, my day is not complete without a little Pinterest. 2. I have ADHD. Now you’re sitting there thinking wow…how do these two things combine into a blog post? Is this your “ADHD kicking in again?” No, and I would like to clear up…
Really important messages from an adult with ADHD.
Maurice Sendak illustrations to go up for auction… Who wants in?
(via Maurice Sendak illustrations to go up for auction - Salon.com)
In other news, does anyone want to loan me a lot of money today?
(via scholasticreadingclub)
Think. Sort. Connect.
I’m always looking for fresh brainstorm activities, and this one was perfect to start a poetry unit.
Think- Write words that come to mind about the topic on post-its.
Sort- Work with partners to discuss how to arrange the notes.
Connect- Draw around the notes to illustrate the arrangement.
Every group does it differently, so by reviewing and posting them all together, they really set a great conceptual backdrop.
Great brainstorming activity to activate prior knowledge.
(Source: misterbartmiller)
Top 10 Posts of 2012
The year 2012 marks the end of another chapter in my expat life. I say good-bye to Hong Kong and…
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