Morena All

After extensive research from the Marketing Department, we are trying a different approach during Term 3. In place of the lunchtime workshops I’ll be sending out an email every two weeks (tentatively known as the ‘Bi-Weekly Beaker’ or BWB) with some links and resources that you might find useful.

Nga mihi

Andrew 

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From the TBC PL Google+ Community

EducationHQ – Teacher of many talents

This is a Q&A with Orewa College’s Mark Quigley. He describes his school’s journey along the BYOD pathway which may have some relevance for us here at TBC.

29 Super Effective Ways to get Your Students’ Attention Without Ever Raising Your Voice

Excerpt from Website: “Quiet Down! This is the last time I’m asking you take your seats! Why won’t you listen!?” Teaching is tough! And that’s true even if you have a classroom full of 38 obedient children, who listen to your every word. So what do you do when your students are noisy, loud and disruptive?

Tips, Tricks and Traps

Use Chrome for browsing

Using Chrome as your default web browser will make your Google Drive/Apps experience much more enjoyable. Google created the Chrome browser and all things Google just seem to work better with it. One of the great benefits of using Chrome as that it can separate the use of different Google accounts. You may have already experience the frustration of having another google account having logged in on your computer and you can’t seem to sign out of it. Here’s a link to the How to.

Emailing from KAMAR

KAMAR makes it easy to email a class or group of students. Great for communicating with parents for either co-curricular or classroom needs. Here’s a link to a screen cast that shows you how to.

More tips and resources @ TBC PL Website

Things that make you go hmmmm….

Education and Training in NZ

Here is a link to a great infographic showing some of the key facts about education and training from the 2013 Census – including information about people with qualifications; highest qualification; post-school qualification field of study; and study participation. Could be useful when have conversations with students about option selection and academic coaching.