Why close the gap when you can fill it?
Have you ever found yourself teaching a curriculum but felt uncertain about charting progress? Or studied something without knowing whether you had met the stated objectives? Imagine you’re halfway through the term. You’ve delivered every lesson on the plan. And yet… you can’t say for sure if learners are truly on track. The curriculum says …
Continue reading “Why Progression Pathways Fail (and How to Fix Them)”
I have had the pleasure to work with my kids through the school years in a #HomeEd environment. I have seen them learn and grow into the mature and responsible young adults they are today. The Workshop This week I have had the privilege of working with other HomeEd parents at #HEFFest2025 in a relaxed …
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To see the effect of taking part in a TweetMeet, click here. To find out about how I feel about the opportunity to take part in the biggest TweetMeet so far, read on… I have been using Twitter fairly regularly for over a year, now, and thought I had a pretty good handle on promoting …
Lean on me. That’s what the CEduAD team is all about: we lean on each other, not because any of us are in need but because we want to make each other stronger. Read the rest at Connected Educator Appreciation Day’s latest blog post. We are hosting our annual event on Saturday …
When I first received my invite to join a TweetMeet with #MSFTEduChat and @MicrosoftEdu, I was excited. The excitement only seemed to grow as time passed and I engaged with the other co-hosts and learned how to best organise and run an event like this. The images below are a good outline of what was …
Holidays can be a godsend after a long year of work. Escaping the routine of coffee, breakfast, work, coffee, home, coffee, sleep can be an invigorating and sometimes necessary event. But when the holidays are complete, where do you start? Your classroom is empty; the walls are bare; you have your class list and details …
I have had the pleasure of working with Tim McDonald for some time now, and we have explored many ideas with regard to connections. Lately, Tim has begun writing about fear and is developing a book, “Creating a Healthy Relationship with Fear”. Tim has taken an interesting approach to this by reaching out to his …
New Year, New Possibilities! I would never have thought this time, last year, that I would be where I am today. In January, 2018, I was working away as an employee with Sumdog. We were working to extend the sales per district and I was designing the curricular documents to evidence the coverage we properly …
Connections, they are probably one of the strongest forces for change in a community or career: knowing someone who does something differently and has had great success with it is a strong catalyst for you to try it. Word of mouth from a friend or colleague can resonate more strongly that research alone, when referring …
Continue reading “Connected Educator Appreciation Day, all wrapped up.”
For the past few months, I have found myself part of an amazing team that has brought together educators from 6 of the 7 continents in the world, unfortunately everyone in Antarctica was busy. Tomorrow the 20th of October, is when we, Tim McDonald, Vlatka Butkovic, Cassie Reeder and myself will see the fruits of …
