var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-22369497-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @expateducator)http://expateducator.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b9e9eb2cc50d4b5531132ac64636933d/tumblr_mnpmrxQ2tv1qiwfcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>6 Lessons on Making Decisions</big></p><blockquote><p>Unlike schools in the Northern Hemisphere, Australian schools are now halfway through the academic…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/06/01/6-lessons-on-making-decisions/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/51873505011http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/51873505011Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:35:57 +0800decisionslessons<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c71f52e487d45484b3565a28dc7cbad/tumblr_mmmocvZhY61qiwfcuo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Measuring For Learning</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>The Problem With Traditional Learning Measures</strong></p> <p><em>Not everything that can be counted counts</em> is a…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/05/11/measuring-for-learning/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/50155209549http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/50155209549Sat, 11 May 2013 17:43:43 +0800Australian National CurriculumcurriculumgritmeasuringNAPLANNCLBresiliencescope and sequencestandardized testssuccesstesting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b1547d7823b0fef989c85f890ffee072/tumblr_mlole9YOZk1qiwfcuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Featured in The Age</big></p><blockquote><p>As my friend blogger, <a href="http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jacqui Murray</a> pointed out, I’m overdue for a new post.</p> <p>While you’re waiting,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/04/23/featured-in-the-age/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/48650899544http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/48650899544Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:01:20 +0800<blockquote><p>What makes a good meeting?</p> <p>Books on leading effective meetings include recommendations about precise agendas, fearless timekeepers, and detailed notetakers. In business meetings, all those items have value.</p> <p>But are teacher meetings the same thing as…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/02/13/should-teacher-meetings-run-like-business-meetings/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/42995207381http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/42995207381Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:18:37 +0800educationleadershipmeetingsmanagementschools<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b0584d5776197c24eb90fbf7689bf62/tumblr_mhb4a26TDJ1qiwfcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>A New School Year in the Southern Hemisphere</big></p><blockquote><p>It feels like August. For the first 18 years of my career in education, school started in August.…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/01/28/a-new-school-year-in-the-southern-hemisphere/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/41649130669http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/41649130669Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:08:26 +0800educationteaching<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c90ebe70f73cde044a70089406ca90ed/tumblr_mgjxwvA2II1qiwfcuo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An Interview with a Master Teacher of Balanced Literacy</p><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/01/13/3445/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40409427919http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40409427919Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:55:43 +0800educationreadingwritingworkshopinternational schoolteacher<a href="http://iowahart.tumblr.com/post/38779597459/why-society-makes-me-so-angry-about-adhd">Atropos: Why society makes me so angry about ADHD</a>: <p><a href="http://iowahart.tumblr.com/post/38779597459/why-society-makes-me-so-angry-about-adhd" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">iowahart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>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…</p></blockquote> <p>Really important messages from an adult with ADHD.</p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40183070652http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40183070652Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:30:02 +0800education<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1bd7acb6972c416abdf4ee0baf4a3ac4/tumblr_mgbc1qbIS81rq7is2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scholasticbookclubs.tumblr.com/post/40014904487/harpercollins-maurice-sendak-illustrations-to" target="_blank">scholasticbookclubs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://harpercollins.tumblr.com/post/40014730363/maurice-sendak-illustrations-to-go-up-for-auction" target="_blank">harpercollins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Maurice Sendak illustrations to go up for auction… Who wants in?</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/01/07/maurice_sendak_illustrations_go_up_for_auction/" target="_blank">Maurice Sendak illustrations to go up for auction - Salon.com</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>In other news, does anyone want to loan me a lot of money today?</p> </blockquote>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40167672885http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40167672885Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:40:53 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf4c7849f15ef997711129af6c981e54/tumblr_mgarq0OmNZ1qzdq82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://internationaleducator.tumblr.com/post/40001436676/think-sort-connect-im-always-looking-for" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">internationaleducator</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Think. Sort. Connect.</p> <p>I’m always looking for fresh brainstorm activities, and this one was perfect to start a poetry unit.</p> <p>Think- Write words that come to mind about the topic on post-its.</p> <p>Sort- Work with partners to discuss how to arrange the notes.</p> <p>Connect- Draw around the notes to illustrate the arrangement.</p> <p>Every group does it differently, so by reviewing and posting them all together, they really set a great conceptual backdrop.</p></blockquote> <p>Great brainstorming activity to activate prior knowledge.</p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40005130616http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/40005130616Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:25:50 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d71234f61202c1e572f7b79533d2e23a/tumblr_mg0spr8JkZ1qiwfcuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Top 10 Posts of 2012</big></p><blockquote><p>The year 2012 marks the end of another chapter in my expat life. I say good-bye to Hong Kong and…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2013/01/03/top-10-posts-of-2012/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/39508474805http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/39508474805Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:49:02 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bead9c3b3d7ceac6024e2ae0ea778020/tumblr_mfokneVxZm1rblqqvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hithertokt.tumblr.com/post/39038208068/this-is-so-something-my-dad-would-do" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">hithertokt</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>This is so something my dad would do.</p></blockquote>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/39038403959http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/39038403959Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:15:17 +0800short storyeducation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e6c0e2d9c1edbf381643175a38c8f9c7/tumblr_mfok5gpCK91qiwfcuo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Free Professional Development for Teachers</big></p><blockquote><p>What do you want to do better in 2013? If professional development is on your resolution list,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/12/27/free-professional-development-for-teachers/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/38937358918http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/38937358918Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:00:17 +0800educationteachingprofessional developmentPDlearningwebinarspodcasts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefdgulz731qiwfcuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Teaching Before Christmas: Lesson Plans</big></p><blockquote><p>It’s time to get out the lesson plan book and plan for December. Below are ideas for math,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/12/03/teaching-before-christmas-lesson-plans/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/37064839930http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/37064839930Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:30:14 +0800educationchristmaslesson plans<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ecee8b3e0013425113c70a4ff386693d/tumblr_mew5l9kXfm1qiwfcuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Classroom Christmas Crafts</big></p><blockquote><p>If students have not yet made presents for their parents, now is the time. In addition to <a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/12/03/teaching-before-christmas-lesson-plans/" target="_blank">holiday…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/12/12/classroom-christmas-crafts/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/37747581201http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/37747581201Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:29:45 +0800educationcraftsChristmas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebbcab3478dec0bfa30798fd7db9d416/tumblr_mfdf26mAAP1qiwfcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>A 20th Century Prophecy?</big></p><blockquote><p>We tell our students that some stories are worth reading multiple times. We tell them that the same…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/12/21/a-20th-century-prophecy/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/38451984539http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/38451984539Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:28:40 +0800educationshort storiesscience fiction<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me2lmjDwo71qiwfcuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Assessment for, as, and of Learning: Math Problem Solving Series #5</big></p><blockquote><p>You stare at the stack of Problem Solvers on your desk. You flip through them. One paper has…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/11/26/assessment-for-as-and-of-learning-math-problem-solving-series-5/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36556185621http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36556185621Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:40:35 +0800educationassessmentgradingmathproblem solving<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me16dzJt2t1qiwfcuo1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Edublog Nominations 2012</big></p><blockquote><p>For those of you reading the <a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/10/29/math-problem-solving-series-1-classroom-procedures/" target="_blank">Math Problem Solving series</a>, the post on assessment will come out in…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/11/25/edublog-nominations-2012/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36492764666http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36492764666Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:36:59 +0800awardsedublogseducationvoteteachersbloggers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdt5jaucA11qiwfcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Why the Problem Solving Process Doesn’t Work: Problem Solving Series #4</big></p><blockquote><p>You have good materials. <a href="http://wp.me/p1Dq2f-Ku" target="_blank">Students have unpacked the question</a>and know what they are looking for.…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/11/21/why-the-problem-solving-process-doesnt-work-problem-solving-series-4/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36165438405http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36165438405Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:36:07 +0800educationmathproblem solving<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me16h9mmxv1qiwfcuo1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>Edublog Nominations 2012</p><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/11/25/edublog-nominations-2012/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36492869487http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/36492869487Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:39:09 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mddebl1OnK1qiwfcuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Problem Solving Series #3: What Teaching Resources Should I Buy?</big></p><blockquote><p>So far, this series has included…</p> <ol><li>Classroom procedures that <a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/10/29/math-problem-solving-series-1-classroom-procedures/" target="_blank">help students explore and construct…</a> </li></ol></blockquote><p><a href="http://expateducator.com/2012/11/12/problem-solving-series-3-what-teaching-resources-should-i-buy/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/35556436997http://expateducator.tumblr.com/post/35556436997Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:24:33 +0800educationmathproblem solving