So, how are you using Google Apps in your classroom? Now that we all have access to the Google suite at NSW DEC, I’m having a lot of fun discovering the potential of the technology. I know that the Google Apps have been around for a while, but the difference now is that access is so easy for teachers and…
This is a super quick post to share my Year 7 English program “Our World Our Future”. The key concept is contextualisation, and the unit has a cross curriculum focus on sustainability. Blogging is embedded throughout the program. Resources/handouts are also in the document. View with Slideshare below (you can expand it onscreen), or download…
In planning the implementation of the new NSW English Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum last year, our faculty program writing team decided that we needed a unit for Year 9 with a focus on the concept of “perspective”, particularly to develop our students’ sense of empathy. We wanted the unit to explore the cross…
For the past couple of years, I’ve been following with interest the growing excitement about TeachMeets. I’m pretty sure that if you’re an educator, you’ve heard of TeachMeet – a style of professional learning organised by teachers, for teachers, to do what we often don’t get time to do – share great ideas and resources with each other. Generally,…
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