Photo courtesy of David Gallagher via flickrcc license
Hooray! I am two units into the Google Certification for Educators.
Whew! Time to pause and reflect.
At the end of Unit Two I’ve:
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The Bennet Family at Home illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1894 from Wikimedia Commons
When I was looking at the Fixed Mindset/Growth Mindset infograph on the DLMOOC site yesterday a conversation between Lizzy Bennet and Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice popped into my head:
…“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,” said Darcy, “of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The Deeper Learning MOOC is starting on Jan 20th and even though it is the summer holidays in Australia, the line-up of topics to be covered is too good to miss out on so I’m starting my 2014 PD a little early
In the preview week, there is plenty of reading to do on Mindsets and Learning Habits and Strategies.…
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Girls Sharing by jasonstaten available via FlickrCC licence
I’m very fortunate to be working part-time at the State Library of Victoria; I’ve been with their Learning Services area for nearly four years now. Besides introducing school groups to the wonderful history of Victoria and the extensive resources available to them at SLV, I find myself involved further and further with online learning projects including the VicPLN and the Bright Ideas blog.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In 2010, I read David Warlick‘s Gardener’s Approach to Learning: Cultivating Your Personal Learning Network. I liked the idea of cultivating an information ecosystem (it appealed to the permaculturalist in me) . After reading the book, I decided map my PLN out. …
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A new year and some new projects for 2013 in the library! We don’t start back to school for a couple of weeks yet, but that doesn’t mean teachers aren’t hard at work. I been running across excellent resources for my new projects and get them organised before I forget.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...This is just a quick update – I know I’ve been quiet on the blog this past two months.
Plans for Minecraft at school have slowed as my IT partner in crime concentrates on setting everything up for report writing.
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I recently attended an online Open Day on Massively Minecraft. It was probably the steepest learning curve I’ve encountered in a while, perhaps since primary school, honest! And here is what I learned.
Massively Minecraft (MM) is a guild or ‘ learning community for kids and their parents – exploring how to live, work and play in MineCraft.’(MM…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...After talking with my boss (Head of Learning Resources) and with one of the school IT staff who is very supportive of games-based learning, we have decided to pursue setting up a Minecraft private server and beginning a small after-school group in the library next term.…
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Video Games courtesy Caitlan Monahan Flickrcc
I’m a big fan of play – it is one of the most authentic, engaging, rewarding modes of learning.
My old school (primary) was heavily into play-based learning but now I work in a high school.…
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