The right kind of expectations

     As I wrote about the other night, I have spent quite a bit of time over the holidays pulling apart ideas, reflecting on last years experiences and crafting new ways to approach maker projects in the classroom.  Over the …

Falling into my class with a thud

I drew a blank today on what to blog about.  Often ideas or discussion had with people over the day spark an internal query or curiosity but to be honest that just didn’t happen today.  No internal chatter accompanied me …

Here’s to not being boring and herding up my ‘maker ducks’

At the start of the year I was in a contemplative mood and started a series of tweets under the tag #PRTSurvival tips. What started as a joke did turn serious and by number three I tweeted this:   For …

Tinkering with my mindset

I have found I have a love/hate relationship with blogging.  I love the way it can help me crystallise ideas by acting and reflecting but then I find I scrutinise my writing, criticise the content and end up concluding that …

How can I create maker experiences for students?

Back in my old life when I was trying to be creative or solve a problem and got stuck I used to do something a little mad – I’d invert the issue. So if I was trying to think of a …

Legacies and moving forward fearlessly

The other night as part of the last #edchatnz I made a comment that seemed to get a bit of reaction but for me it was heavily laced with what had happened in my classroom the two days previous. I …

Classroom as a construction kit

During his keynote at EDUtech, Sir Ken Robinson stated ‘We are all marinated in our own world views’.  This has stuck with me and something that I have been contemplating recently in regard to nurturing a Maker culture in my classroom. …

#edchatnz conference takeaways

Going to #edchatnz conference tapped into a lot of the themes I have been pondering and aided to solidify a few things and also unlock more questioning. Typical. Key thoughts Who holds the knowledge in your classroom?  Gone are the days …