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on Saturday, June 30, 2012
What would you do if you could change the world?
learning,
different,
pyp,
reflection,
eleven
Do you ever wish you were eleven again? Melbourne film maker Genevieve Bailey looks back fondly on that age as a time of simplicity and hope. So much so, that she chose to interview eleven year old children on her travels around the world and make a documentary. We saw the film yesterday with Yea...
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on Saturday, June 23, 2012
From teaching to learning?
reflection,
educational,
learning,
student,
reform
We?re working on shifting the focus from teaching to learning at my school. We try to ensure decisions are based on our learning principles, be they about teaching, classrooms, programs or personnel. Shifting the focus from teaching to learning? We used to spend a whole day planning how we would ...
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on Saturday, June 16, 2012
What really matters?
learning,
pyp,
collaborative,
global,
awareness
What do you think is unfair? We take some time to think individually and write each idea on a separate sticky note. One teacher finds it difficult to get started. Another finds it cathartic getting all the injustices she sees around her down on paper. Someone wrestles with the difference between ...
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on Sunday, June 10, 2012
10 tips for workshop presenters any teachers?
training,
series,
reflection,
workshop,
ib
I once spent a whole day in a professional development workshop for second language teachers and I learned how to make a fold-up book. That?s all. Nothing else. When I?m not stimulated and challenged in a learning context, I tend to get impatient and have to watch my body language, so as not to m...
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on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Are adult learners different from young learners?
learning,
training,
pyp,
workshop,
ib
I?m currently participating in a training course for IB educators to become officially recognised IB Workshop Leaders. Learning with and from passionate, knowledgeable and driven educators, with diverse backgrounds and experiences, is proving to be engaging and exciting. I?m enjoying the challeng...
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on Saturday, June 2, 2012
10 (more) ways for teachers to learn?
series,
workshop,
pyp,
learning,
professional
You can?t be a teacher, if you are not a learner. I?ve written many times about teachers as learners, professional learning, reading groups and learning through collaborative planning. I once posted 10 ways to grow as an educator, based on my reflections on my own learning and growth at that poin...
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on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Concept driven learning?
inquiry,
pyp,
concept,
collaboration,
learning
Some ?big ideas? about concept driven learning: (From this week?s little #pypchat on Twitter) The world is changing. Knowledge is changing. The ability to view the world with a more flexible mind is invaluable. (Steve) Concept based learning is about big transferable ideas that transcend time, p...
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on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Learning isn?t linear?
uncategorized,
authentic,
bloom,
taxonomy,
flipped
Flipping is the new black. Flipped classrooms. Flipped learning. And now flipped Bloom?s Taxonomy. Shelley Wright has written a a brilliant post about flipping Bloom?s Taxonomy, complete with wonderful examples of the process in action in Science, Media Studies and English classes. To me, it?s no...
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on Saturday, May 19, 2012
With whom do you learn?
learning,
pln,
connected,
class,
quadblogging
With whom do you learn? Do you collaborate with a group of teachers at your grade level? Do you share and bounce ideas with others in your school, your building, your area? Do you belong to a network of teachers who meet to exchange ideas and share practice? Do you participate in voluntary readin...
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