I had not paid much attention to the term ‘walk through’ or ‘learning walk’ prior to coming to the US on #jhstudyleave In a post dated March 2015 three teachers from Jefferson Middle School write about the purpose of a ‘walk through’ and describe how they “see its importance in improving practice and teacher…
Many years ago I did a small amount of teaching in a school in London. At the time I was just two years out of graduating as a qualified teacher. It was with interest then, that two recent graduates from the Master of Teaching (Primary) program in the School of Education at Western Sydney University…
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 program at the School of Education. It’s two short courses in digital technology examining multimedia…
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, newspapers, and even playing cards. Stirring words – and they stirred Virginia’s burgesses. Some historians…
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. Well, Luke Mooney claimed the book after guessing my favourite SKR TED talk – but…
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 own work and the latest edition announced in a special session at the annual ISTE Conference in Philadelphia…
