Inquiry Learning – How can we encourage our students to drive thier own learning?

Over the Australian summer school break, I have been able to catch up on a few books that I have been wanting to read for a while. A number of these were around the concept of inquiry based learning and...

#DitchSummit2020 – Key Takeaways

Hey readers, Again over the Christmas / New Year break for 2020, I was able to participate in the annual online conference organised by Matt Miller, author of Ditch That Textbook where there were 9 separate sessions that brought together...

2020 – Changing the “normal” in education

As with many educators around the world in 2020, my colleagues and I faced the reality that was working through many different processes on how we can transform our teaching and learning from our "normal" (face to face teaching) to...

Blended Learning with Google – Review

Recently I was invited to be part of the Shake Up Learning book launch team, that had the opportunity to read Kasey Bell's new books - Blended Learning with Google, as well as the supplment book Google from A to...

What’s your connection “SUPERPOWER”

Recently I came across a Twitter post from a teaching colleague and host of the #TLAPdownunder chat Karen Caswell discussing what are teacher's superpowers? She mentioned in her post "Teachers know the secret to connecting with their students is building...

Teaching and Learning – A 10 year journey

As a student throughout primary and secondary school, I always enjoyed leading others as well as coaching whether it be with the school sporting teams assisting my own teachers or as part of the Aussie Sports program running primary school...

Using Technology to create learning experiences – Tech Like a Pirate Review

Recently, I have been fortunate to read Matt Miller's latest book Tech Like a Pirate which focuses on "using a range of classroom technology to create an experience and make learning memorable" and is based around Dave Burgess' Teach Like...

Top 3 Professional Learning Reads

#TLAPdownunder #AuthenticityInEDU #DareToLead #ShakeUpLearning #InquiryMindset #DitchBook #tlap #LeadLAP #REALedu #InnovateInsideTheBox #HackingAssessment #InnovatorsMindset #CompelledBlogger #aussieED It’s no secret that I love reading professional, and personal, learning books. You’re my #PLN, my people, you get it! For this post, I’ve teamed up...

Remote Learning – 3 weeks in from my perspective

After nearly 3 weeks of extended school holidays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought I was prepared to enter the world of remote learning in my role as a Secondary school teacher and ICT Coach. However, what I quickly...