Category Archives: teaching
The Classroom economy – a fun way to teach financial literacy
Want to teach your students about financial literacy? Want to reinforce the importance of working hard to be successful in life? Want to have some fun with your class? Consider setting up a Classroom economy. I came across this concept … Continue reading
Teaching students to solve problems
And if there was a problem, yo, I’ll solve it. Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it Vanilla Ice, “Ice Ice Baby” Teaching students how to solve problems is an important part of a 21st Century education. But … Continue reading
App smashing to tell stories digitally
Like a number of New Zealand schools, we have a wharenui on our campus. Our whare is called Aronui – named after one of the baskets of knowledge. There are number of beautiful carvings, both outside and inside, and along … Continue reading
Digging into Deeper Discussions with Parlay
Being an Ed Tech nerd, there are not many new apps, online tools, platforms that I haven’t had a crack at. I always enjoy trying out the new shiny things. However what seems to be the pattern is that I … Continue reading
COVID 19 by the numbers
I have found myself in the daily routine of checking the numbers on COVID19. The go to is usually the Johns Hopkins COVID 19 data dashboard, and the Spin Off’s daily update for NZ data (pity it isn’t live data … Continue reading

