Can social media help manage a successful classroom?
Humans are all about relationships. This is why learning is all about relationships but that’s also why social media has both taken over the world and will have a huge impact on education and learning....
View ArticleIt takes a village to educate a child
What are the best ways parents can help teachers and that teachers can help parents? The key secret to education is building and maintaining relationships. Here I mean all relationships between...
View ArticleSafer Schools with Creative Commons
Teachers and their students are moving more and more online. Kids are blogging their learning as an excellent way to build confidence, reflect and gather feedback. Schools are showcasing the best of...
View ArticleTeachMeetNZ for #CE14 – Live Blogger
This is a live blog of this TeachMeetNZ discussion. We have a special session for Connected Educators Month. This year a collaborative calendar for October will connect thousands of educators who will...
View ArticleA Teacher’s 3 Twitter Accounts
Twitter is the simplest system available to interact with the web and share resources. Twitter is built into the iPad’s operating system and so an account allows you to share any photo, website or...
View ArticleMaking iPad Kids think big
I teach a unit to Years 7s and 8s on digital citizenship that centres on the theme of respecting yourself and others when online and using mobile devices. The opening lesson of this focusses on...
View ArticleE-portfolios with WordPress
In New Zealand, Teachers are required to re-confirm their current teaching practices every 3 years by offering a portfolio of evidence. For my colleagues I put together this worksheet on using a free...
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