Personalised PD for the Busy Educator

Personalised PD for the Busy Educator

On The Way To Work… On the way to work in the morning, Mark listens to case studies on various patients in order to best understand how to deal with his own.  In a coffee shop across town, Margaret designs logos for a company she is freelancing with. They want...
Will Your Innovation Fly?

Will Your Innovation Fly?

Just recently I returned from my first ever SXSWEDu conference. Three weeks later and I’m still nerding out over what I saw: Robots neatly packaged and programmed to follow a sequence of lines. Learning Management Systems organized and collated to support the...
Kindling, Campfires or Candles?

Kindling, Campfires or Candles?

My Early Days as a Teacher When I first started teaching some 12 years ago (before I had grey hair), I thought I knew everything there was to know.  I was confident, overly enthusiastic and woefully unprepared for what would happen the minute I stepped foot in the...
Want authentic PBL? Take students to the farm!

Want authentic PBL? Take students to the farm!

The Dead Pig  At about 7:43 in the morning the pig keeled over and died. Five students exchanged looks, dumbfounded.  Was it the feed? They were careful about concocting just the right mixture of feeder and natural compost. It was the same feed they had used since the...
What’s your #OneWord

What’s your #OneWord

Do you have trouble focusing on one thing? I know I do. Even as I type this e-mail, my mind is racing to a thousand places. What will I cook for dinner? Did I reply to that email? Have I fed the fish yet? Did I remember to send that document? In a fast paced world,...