May 11, 2012 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Introducing The Habits of Mind – lesson 47

We are working towards introducing The Habits of Mind at my school. It will be a whole school initiative and we intend to immerse our teaching and our curriculum with The Habits from the start of 2013. For the rest of this year we will be working towards immersing the teachers with an understanding of The Habits. Three techie brekkie sessions this term will be devoted to this introduction. This week some... read more

Feb 25, 2012 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Adding media to your class blog – lesson 46

This weeks techie brekkie is designed to assist the teachers at my school to add media to their class blogs. All classes now have blogs and most of them have written several posts. The flag counters are ticking over and interest amongst the community is slowly increasing. Adding visuals to a class blog is simple. It is also one of the easiest ways to increase parent interest and involvement. After all who... read more

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