http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org Reflections of my classroom practice Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:49:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So today has been action-packed and filled with useful bits of information. We started off today looking at peer coaching which reminded me of the cool schools mediation programme.  It's a way of teachers working on improving their practice in a non-threatening way.  Basically you choose someone you respect and trust  ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/08/25/lead-teacher-day-2/ As some of you would well know 2 weeks ago was Te Reo Maori week.  To celebrate this my class put together a series of videos that were mini-lessons teaching basic Maori vocabulary.  We set them up on the school server and each day every class played the same video ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/08/10/te-reo-maori-week-and-technology/ Well what an experience!  I ran my first real workshop during the holidays with an audience that chose to come and listen to me!  I talked about glogster and animoto and how these online tools can be embeded into classroom practice.  What's great about these two sites is that they ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/08/03/presenting-at-eastnet-cluster-expo-2009/ Phew.... it's been a while!!!  In between e-portfolios, art exhibition, speech writing, putting together a Powhiri for the Prime Minister at our school, dance groups, etc, I had forgotten about the blogging!!!  Ahhh the joys of teaching. On a positive note today we had a lead teacher day as part of ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/06/09/lead-teacher-day/ http://handouts.wesfryer.com/powerfulblending It's hard to teach outside of our own learning.  We can have a much more accute sense of our students voices when they are sharing online.  It's empowering to allow students to express themselves not just in front of the class, but also online. www.chatzy.com (a site for creating chat rooms ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/powerful-blending-using-web-20-to-interact-create-and-assess/ Okay so I'm at "Learning at Schools" (an eLearning conference down in Rotorua) and my brain is swimming with lingering comments from different speakers.  I've just finished a hands on session called "Exciting Learning Centres" which was really cool.  It was supposed to be for PC users, but Nigel was ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/exciting-learning-centres/ Okay so I have been tagged by Mandy (aka HeyMilly) and DigitalLearning to take on the challenge of writing 7 great things about myself MeMe - seven!!!  Okay, so here goes... 1.  I am an active Christian I became a Christian when I was 15 years old and have been actively involved ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/02/24/meme-7-things-about-me/ Okay, so we are getting ready for an up-coming Powhiri at our school and I have started teaching a few waiata to my kids.  I didn't have any of the songs on cd.... who needs a cd when you have a beat up old guitar with dents and scratches and ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/02/24/i-love-garageband/ Okay, so school is back and the list of things to get done is mounting up faster than you can say "results need to be entered by the end of week 5".  One of the things on "the list" for me has been getting my reliever's kit organised.  Fortunately sourcing ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2009/02/20/things-for-the-relievers-kit/ Okay, so my kids love using glogster.  If you're not familiar with it, it's a web 2.0 tool that people use to create posters and my students use it any opportunity they can get.  Recently we did some work about Cook Island celebrations and some of my students decided to ... http://kerrytetupu.edublogs.org/2008/11/03/resizing-embedded-glogster-pages/