On #jhstudyleave it becomes possible to engage with education debates in your area of research in difference ways. I am teaching in the US at the moment at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA in a doctoral
“If this be treason, make the most of it” announced Patrick Henry.
The “trumpet of the revolution” Patrick Henry was called, largely because of a speech he gave in Williamsburg after the British Parliament passed the onerous Stamp Act requiring colonists to purchase and affix stamps to various legal and other papers,
Book review: Creative Schools: Are you a teacher that is still riding yesterday’s horse?
On the HPC blog I always like to hear from teachers in schools. A few weeks ago I was tweeting that I had a spare copy of the new Sir Ken Robinson book: Creative Schools *. It was published in June.
We need to do more than just ‘tinker at the edges’ in the high school space
I want to begin this post with reference to the latest findings of the 6th annual NMC Horizon K-12 Edition that was released overnight. Link to the video of the report here. I have referred to this report each year in my
WANTED: Is there a 13-year-old Extra Astonishing Anna or Alexia or Audrey out there in a school in Australia?
As I was leaving Brisbane this morning after what was a very full Tuesday day at EduTECH 2015 … I was reflecting on a tweet posted by Leanne Cameron from ICTENSW – she called for Australia to find its own
Getting your first full-time teaching position in a school
Attaining your first full-time teaching position in a school in NSW is not easy. Too many graduate teachers not enough vacancies and therefore destined for terms or years of casual or temporary positions in schools are some of the common
TeachMeet: Placing teachers in the box seat of professional learning
The title of this post was from a comment Brett Salakas made to me after yesterday evening’s #TMgegsyd (stands for TeachMeet Google Educators Group Sydney). He added: “We ask students to have agency over their own learning so TeachMeet is
To game or not to game that is the question?
This is the second post to feature a teacher from the field – this time a teacher friend of mine from the USA. I first met Steve Isaacs at the SITE conference in Jacksonville in March 2014. Often the tech
The good teacher
The Irish Times on April 7 this year published part of an edited paper by Associate Professor Dympna Devine on education research conducted for the Teaching Council on what traits make a “good teacher”. You can access the article here
Teachers in schools should remain learners
On the HPC blog I intend to invite practising teachers to share what’s on their mind in teaching. This month I would like to feature Jackie and a conversation I had with her about why she works hard to remain