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Monday, 13 May 2019

The New Zealand Land Wars - How News Media Can Agitate Societal Rage

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Stuff News seems to be determined to outrage people with inflammatory headlines.  Point in case: - Now let's get my own opinion ou...
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Friday, 26 April 2019

Does Your School Have an Authentic Local Curriculum?

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How timely that the Ministry of Education has released new resources on TKI to support the review of your local school curriculum.   The ...
Monday, 15 October 2018

Authentic Contexts For Learning - When Did Make-Believe Become Authentic?

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The new digital technology areas in the New Zealand Curriculum both urge learning to be carried out in authentic contexts, as does the whole...
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Monday, 25 June 2018

If You Are Using Google Classroom, It Isn't Enough.

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I have a fear that in 20 years time when I am probably ready for dying, that school will still be the same as it is now.  There are still to...
Monday, 23 April 2018

Google Summit 2018 - Portfolios for the Teaching Standards

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Last week, I attended the Google Summits , run by the EdTechTeam , in Auckland and Whangarei.  So much learning still!  These are the best e...
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Monday, 26 February 2018

National Standards are Over? What Are We Going to Do Now?

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It scares the hell out of me that educators are so entrenched in assessment-driven curricula that they are panicking about what to do in c...
Saturday, 24 February 2018

The Age of the Textbook is Over - Own It!

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In talking to a friend recently, I discovered that her teenager, who has just started college, and is still small, as boys often are at that...