Category Archives: teaching

Paul Cameron, who is the CEO of Booktrack, gave a fast paced talk about his company’s journey in the EdTech market. Their backstory was featured in the NZ Herald in 2012. What does their product do? Their website says: Booktrack offers … Continue reading →

Professor Tim Bell from Canterbury University (link to article) gave a short presentation on how computational thinking or coding can be used in the curriculum. It was interesting to see some tasks that could be done in class by students … Continue reading →

As well as being a rich learning experience in itself, the 2016 GAFE Summit allowed me to snoop around the host venue – Hobsonville Point Secondary School. I have followed the development of this school with interest as it appears … Continue reading →

I’m getting a greater understanding of the design thinking process – it was reinforced in the YIA teachers workshop that I attended. I used the task that the teachers went through with my class last week on the question of … Continue reading →

Notes SOLO – Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes. Developed in 1982 by John Biggs. Each of the steps has a hand signal Link to presentation Qualantity (Quality and Quantity of information) Critique protocols: would be great for Inquiry presentations By … Continue reading →