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Managing distractions in the 1:1 classroom

Sometimes teachers refer to BYOD as ‘Bring Your Own Distraction’. Certainly managing device use in a classroom presents some different challenges but in my view that is not a reason to avoid leveraging the potential of each student have a … Continue reading

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Data Champions 2019

Over the last 4 years I have become really interested in anaylsing data in schools. So when I heard about the Data Champions conferences hosted by the Ministry of Education in Wellington I jumped at the opportunity. I managed to … Continue reading

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Seems like fun, and you can use in class today!

There is some random stuff that is created on the web. Here’s a few cool ‘experiments’ that you could build an awesome lesson around. Autodraw One of my favourites (as a non-artist). Sketch on screen and the AI will bring … Continue reading

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OK Google – are you my moral compass?

With the recent Christchurch terror attack I have been pondering on our responsibility as educators. After having some challenging conversations as a parent with my own son about watching the gunman’s video (it popped up in his Instagram feed as … Continue reading

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How to make a stop motion movie

Here’s the work flow to make a stop motion movie as covered by Glen Storey in one of his Towards Transformation PD sessions. Inspiration Robot Chicken   Step 1 – Story board Use Storyboardthat online or paper or Google Drawings … Continue reading

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