This year I have been looking at Design thinking from a few different angles. Via building structures to solve a problem, Using Scratch coding to design an outcome or planning a program of learning for our students. At the recent Social Sciences …. Read More
This report is part of a series on the evolution of education and maps out current and emerging trends in classroom education. In collaboration with a research partner Canvas8, Google conducted a global analysis spanning: ● Fourteen expert interviews with global and …. Read More
Three years ago we embarked on a vertical form class structure at school to encourage interaction between age groups rather than the older style of Horizontal homogenous form classes. To complement this move we instigated a 30 min time where the class …. Read More
As a task in my Ib Geo class, I sent a tweet out to ask people to tweet back where they read the tweet. (idea from Matt Podbury aka geographypods) The map of the results was really interesting. As it was tagged …. Read More
I began a project this year, I challenged myself to make a video each fortnight that would be helpful to educators. These videos help me to up-skill myself in simple ‘explainer’ type videos but also make me think about which are my …. Read More
The other day I watched a great Ted Talk by Derek Sivers that can be seen here. I stumbled upon it after watching a couple of Simon Sinek’s talks about why we do what we do. I watched Sivers’ talk a couple …. Read More
In the April Holidays, after I presented at the Edtechteam Summit, I facilitated a workshop on Using Google Geo Tools for the Canterbury Geography Teachers. We worked through how they could transform the learning for their students with the appropriate use of …. Read More
On Friday 14th June 20 Geo teachers from around New Zealand attended a workshop I hosted looking at developments and product updates for the Google Geo Tools. We were lucky enought to have Dr John Bailey from Google Earth Education with us …. Read More
Google tour creator is a great free tool that allows you to create vr type resources using 360 images form either your own camera or the freely available street view photos. I made a help video for those looking to use this …. Read More
My Innovator Experience has been 2 years in the making. You cant rush these things. 5 years ago I attended an EdtechTeam summit at albany senior High School to begin spending some time on my Professional Development. It was a time where …. Read More