In the classroom

Choices by Markeeta Roe   is licensed under a   Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . This afternoon I helped one ...

For one of my M.Ed topics I had to create a video that tells the story of the role of ICT in contemporary education.  Considering the time t...

I don't know about you, but I can't remember a time when reading wasn't an integral part of my life.  It isn't somethin...

If anybody ever suggests working full time whilst trying to study full time, the only correct response should be to laugh. Don't do it! ...

The material is licensed by  ACARA  under  CC BY 4.0 . I need to start this post with a quick introduction to the  Australian curriculum...

I challenged a group of year 5/6s to, in ten tweets, create a personal profile. Aside from a quick discussion about the meaning of the word...

The other day I taught a lesson about simple division and factors to a class of year 5/6s. It wasn't particularly noteworthy, no firewor...

I've mentioned, I think, that we're learning about Ancient India at the moment. It's one of our Ancient World depth studies as o...

I'm super tardy in posting this update on my book week QR Code Trail (the original post is here ). Sorry! All I can say is that during b...

Tomorrow signals the start of Book Week 2015 .  Our school has a whole pile of fun events planned - including a fancy dress parade on Thursd...

One of the things that constantly surprises me is the way middle school kiddos struggle to take notes of key ideas and then summarise what t...

Remember those infographics I created for my book clubs? I blogged about them here . At least one of you asked for a follow up post on how t...

One of the exciting parts of my school's literacy programme is the inclusion of book clubs.  Not just as extension for our high flyers b...

Shhh.... Can you hear that?  That's the sound of teachers all over South Australia taking a well earned break. Whether your break is at ...