cautiously excited

March12

it’s really hard to maintain momentum and excitement when you’re a lonely voice in the crowd

this week, however, i’m feeling cautiously excited

a phone call from a colleague (who doesn’t teach a regular classroom – she is on study leave from her job teaching foods technology) who was just buzzing about ICT and the things she’s discovered like Web 2.0 and various blogs (hi to Allanah!) and i got all excited again talking to her

the last couple of weeks have seen our kids at school (almost all of the ~550 kids) involved in World Maths Day – we’re still going as well as visiting Rainforest maths (which they love)

i also have two girls who are top of the list for literacy (and maths) extension so i’m looking coming up with some sort of DLC that they can work with during our reading/language time or anything else … maybe i can finally get a class blog up and running …

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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.

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