Feb 7, 2012 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Class Blogging – lesson 45

It is the start of a new school year here in Australia and at my school we are gearing up for a new year of blogging with our classes. So this techie brekkie may seem repetitive to some, as once again it it on the merits of class blogging. All grades at my primary school will run a class blog this year. Since we have staff who are new to this method of communication, we will be holding weekly techie... read more

Dec 12, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Edmodo and blogging in the primary school – lesson 44

This techie brekkie has been designed to supplement a workshop I will be running on using edmodo and blogs within a primary school setting. As regular readers will know I am a strong advocate for the secure social networking site edmodo. I use it extensively in my classroom and now cannot imagine life as a primary school teacher without it. I also blog with my students at year5rc and promote class blogs as... read more

Dec 3, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Gamification – Lesson 43

This workshop is designed to be explored alongside lesson 42 ‘Flipping the Classroom’. It will look into some of the theory of games based learning, as well as recommend several online games currently being used successfully by teachers around the world. To understand more about ways games can help us learn, watch this Ted Talk from Tom Chatfield. 7 ways games reward the brain. Next consider... read more

Dec 3, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Flipping the classroom – lesson 42

This lesson was devised to be presented as a staff workshop, exploring the concept of ‘Flipping the classroom’ or as is sometimes termed Reverse Instruction. I am indebted to my PLN for their assistance in writing this post. The response to my tweet asking for help in preparing this presentation was amazing. Enjoy reading and learning from these bloggers. We started with this video by Aaron... read more

Nov 20, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Blogging in a primary school – lesson 41

A decision has been made that as from the start of 2012 each year group will run a blog at my school, YAY! So this techie brekkie was a reminder of all the great ways blogs are being used in Australian Primary classrooms today. Our school will be blogging using the edublogs platform. So the first thing we did was to check out the edublogs site and remind everyone of the edublogs help... read more