A letter from a teacher

Dear World, It seems strange to be writing this. Normally, on a Wednesday afternoon around this time I'd be getting home from marking books, attending a meeting or planning for the week ahead. Instead, I am writing this. The world seems kind of surreal at the moment. You switch on the television, radio or open …

3’s a charm

The first blogs for 2020 are here again! This is the 17th blog I've written as a member of the St Luke's community. There's always chatter in the staffroom leading up to blog week of what the topic of our latest blog is going to entail. As I scrolled through a few staff blogs, with …

When you sit to reflect…

A few people in the last few weeks have asked my about blogging at St Luke's. For some the idea is met with groans or a subtle hint that it is just another thing to add to the plate. But as I sit here in my empty classroom finishing up the end of 2019, I …

Brain Breaking Business

This term we were given the task of integrating one brain break into each 100 minute session at St Luke's. This task was a focused on K - 4 to see if it made a difference to student outcomes and behaviour. According to ThoughtCo a brain break is a short mental break from classroom activity …

INF537: Reflection

As I reflect back on the INF537 journey, and in turn my journey through my masters of education (knowledge networks and digital innovation) I wonder where the time has gone. Image by NordWood Themes from Unsplash At the beginning of this subject we were asked to engage with many varied forms of communication including twitter, …

The Why

Lately, as the term tapers off to an end and we start to prepare for term four I've been reflecting on my "why." I can't believe that as I sit here typing this we have one more term to go until, after another year, we farewell our students and look forwards to the anticipation of …

Practice makes perfect

This blog comes from the work of Kath Murdoch and Trevor MacKenzie. It is not my work but rather a compilation of important points from reading The Power of Inquiry.   9 inquiry practices to implement in your classroom today.   Start with questioning your practice How well do I know my students as people? Do I know …

Guest Colloquium – Dr Ross Todd

Concerns around the future of education: How do we move forward? How do we cater for students who are born into a cyborg nation? Break down of boundaries between human and machine Technology is playing a critical role in challenging the ideas and notions that shape our very beings How do we engage with technology with …

Guest Colloquium – Rocket Shoes

Last week we had the privilege of having a guess colloquium with the owners of Rocket Shoes. The colloquium focused on a range of topics from owner IP to how block chain with change the way we view student work and their rights over the work. Some of my takeaways from the colloquium are as …

Dr Lyn Hay Colloquium

Dr Lyn Hay presented at the second colloquium meeting of INF537. She is responsible for leading u!magine at Charles Sturt University and has been instrumental in putting in placing the universities Incubation and Innovation policy. The main contents of Dr Lyn's presentation was focussing on the connection and contribution of edtech startups and schools. Dr …