Category Archives: teaching
Young Innovators and Design Thinking
“Innovation comes from a problem you find fascinating” – Anne Gibbon The Young Innovators Award is something I’ve been loosely involved with over the last few years with a couple of students in my class being eventually cajoled to submit … Continue reading
Bi-Weekly Beaker #13 – Easter Hunt!
From the TBC PL Google+ Community New in Classroom: saving time while marking For those of you using Google Classroom, here is a list of recent updates you may not be aware of: “We built Classroom to save teachers time, and … Continue reading
Bi-Weekly Beaker #12 – Form class focus
The Power Of I Don’t Know Nice infographic reinforcing that all teachers are teachers of Search. Students need information literacy and be deliberately taught how to search for reliable information. Google has some good resources for how to teach … Continue reading
Bi-Weekly Beaker #11
The number one tip for this week is using KAMAR on a phone to take your class roll. Download the app (Android or iOS), add the server setting (www.tbc.school.nz), and log in with your KAMAR details. Takes about 15 seconds … Continue reading
Bi-Weekley Beaker #10
From the TBC PL Google+ Community Auckland GAFE Conference Registration is open for the GAFE (Google Apps For Education) conference. This is held at Hobsonville Point Secondary School in the Term 1 holidays. Being a Beaker, I intend to go to this … Continue reading
