At VSA, we recently held our first STEAM Day. We’re currently teaching and learning remotely in Hong Kong due to a rise in COVID cases,
Tag: remote learning
Teaching takeaways from the pandemic: two years later (Guest post for Edpuzzle)
Two years ago, I wrote an article for Edpuzzle about how COVID-19 was impacting parts of Asia and how we were forced to teach remotely.
Remote Learning 2.0: making a full, synchronous timetable work
Back in May, schools in Hong Kong were able to reopen (you can read about my experience here). We enjoyed a few weeks of relative
Learning with the Apple Teacher program
My previous blog post was about video overlay options in iMovie and, since then, I’ve received lots of additional questions about iMovie from enthusiastic educators.
Hands-on learning from a distance: what we learned going 1:1 with Ozobot (webinar with Ozobot)
During the period of school closure, our school gifted every student an Ozobot Bit, establishing us as a 1:1 robotics school and, specifically, a 1:1
My experience of school resumption
Hong Kong schools have been open for several weeks already, mostly starting with older students in late May and then gradually for other students in
Bouncing forward from coronavirus: don’t stop learning!
As mentioned previously, George Couros states that we shouldn’t just bounce back from the school closures, we should “bounce forward”. This idea really resonates with
Urgent Room to Read coronavirus appeal: donations quadrupled!
This is a milestone blog post and I want to do something meaningful and important with it. It’s my 200th post and one year since
Moving Online Together (webinar with ‘Deploy Learning’ and ‘Unstuck Learning Design’) #OnlineTogetherAU
I was invited to join the Moving Online Together webinar, jointly organised by Deploy Learning and Unstuck Learning Design. The discussion was about the school
Free upgrades during the coronavirus period: which tools and how?
This post was inspired by Tim Evans. He shared a very useful tweet that listed tools that are offering free upgrades during this time. However,
Remote learning: revisions, reflections and recommendations
At the beginning of February, I wrote about our contingency plans for the coronavirus school closures in Remote learning: tools and principles. That post is
Edpuzzle: a core tool during the coronavirus closures (Guest post for Edpuzzle)
In response to my last blog post, Remote learning: tools and principles, Edpuzzle reached out and asked if I’d like to write a post for