My first ever guest post! In response to Our duty as role models, I was challenged by Learning Scientist Dr. Yana Weinstein to find studies to support my

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My first ever guest post! In response to Our duty as role models, I was challenged by Learning Scientist Dr. Yana Weinstein to find studies to support my
I have spent the majority of this summer in Europe and I’ve watched Pokémon Go grow rapidly in popularity, evident in every city that I have visited.
Dickie Wada-Thomas has many years of teaching experience across primary school and is now ICT Co-ordinator. Dickie has two children of his own. Follow him
It is part of our school-wide action plan to transition from hard-copy portfolio files to digital portfolios. This year, some teachers have been trialling Seesaw,
As we begin the summer holidays, you might be thinking ahead to next year and pondering new things that you’d like to try. This infographic by @DougPete states
This week, I have been fortunate enough to visit Dubai and Abu Dhabi as part of our annual PTA overseas trip. What an amazing part
Another academic year has drawn to a close. Well, kind of. I have five more days to go because I will support our PTA on the annual
My students and I are already fairly familiar with Google Forms (to see how we use Google Forms for peer-assessments, click here). My students are
I trained in the UK (four years) and then taught there as a qualified teacher for a further three years. I’m sure that UK teachers will
Have you heard of Minecraft? Of course you have, most likely because your students are infatuated with it! Perhaps not all of them play it, but
As I briefly mentioned in my previous post, I have recently come across a bit of nastiness on social media. This is commonplace on the
It has been a tough week for me as a new blogger. Suddenly, people disagree with me! I wasn’t expecting this. Up until now, the feedback on
When I moved to Hong Kong and to my new school, one of the biggest changes for me was the size of the school. Before
The internet has totally changed the way that we access facts, and the speed at which we can find them. It’s not even a challenge! Google
I have been reluctantly chugging away at report-writing this week. The deadline is fast-approaching! I feel totally disengaged with this style of writing! I feel like
My first ever blog post was Twitter: PD at your fingertips. I wrote about my love of Twitter, and how I use it to connect
A couple of hours ago, I completed my Google Certified Educator Level 1 exam, alongside a fantastic team of colleagues (Dickie, Daniel, Julie, Stephanie and Cindy).
Since watching Susan Cain’s thought-provoking TED talk (below), I have been meaning to buy her book. I’m so glad that I finally did. The book
The flipped classroom is a buzz term floating around at the moment, but what does it actually mean? Here is a good explanation of it: “By
This might sound cheesy, but I love seeing quotes on social media. Reading them reminds me why I get out of bed each morning. We are