Full links can be found on my wiki site http://dragonsinger.wikispaces.com
This was a workshop presented by Perry Rush from Island Bay School at an NZEI Wellington District Council “Staff Wellbeing” Seminar.
Just some rough notes until i can get some urls from perry …
He quoted Judith Aitkin?
Chn are compelled to be at school – it is [...]
i guess one of the things about learning new stuff is the importance of passing it on … i was informed on thursday that my name had been tossed in the bucket to take a workshop during our skills week – on blogs and wikis … so … over the next week if you keep [...]
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I attended an NZEI seminar yesterday at NZEI in Wellington for members of the Women’s and Rainbow Networks.
Building Human Rights Communities in Education
The presenter of the above session was Jill Chrisp from the Human Rights Commission. The session was inspiring and thought provoking. She talked about being HR advocates vs HR violators and specifically looked [...]
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I have a secret passion – well – maybe not so secret – teaching is not about feeding information into kids brains – it’s about creating a place where kids are inspired, enthused, excited about discovery and learning – so my goal as a teacher is to leave my kids wanting more and having the skills to find out more.
This year I’ve moved up a year level and am enjoying the more sophisticated conversations and explorations that we are having in the classroom. It’s exciting to see kids motivated because our classroom is using 21st Century tools for their everyday teaching and learning.
This blog is really for my reflective practise – about things that have worked (or not worked) in my classroom and to share these with others in my PLN.
I should also mention that I’m a Kiwi living in the North Island of New Zealand (just north of Wellington).
