The three liminal spaces provided for EDFD459 this past week have certainly touched the hearts of many of the students in this unit. The Melissa Fleming TED Talk also placed a story and face to the horror facing the people of Syria who have fled their country. My dilemma is, however, asking myself how I … More The Refugee Crisis
After a rather tumultuous week or so (probably more like a year or so), I found myself this week in my own liminal space. Being at the crossroads of my life, moving state, not having my own home or a permanent job, personal issues, I was feeling rather sorry for myself. Then I read some … More My own liminal space
The readings and further research into collaborative and cooperative group work have certainly helped me this week with making group work work in the classroom. Too often I have seen the students working in groups just for the sake of it, but these ideas give us a basis for making the most of these experiences … More Using group work in the classroom
Finding a distinction between the three learning spaces – collaborative, cooperative and group. Group work is the overall term for putting children together in the classroom to work on separate activities. I see group learning space as being the tool whereby we allocate students to work with other students on a particular topic. There are … More Finding a distinction – group work
My journey through a difficult week A short slideshow showing a week of learning, reflecting, inspiring children and being inspired. My journey
e-presentation Assignment 2 has been submitted, I just hope that it is not lost in cyberspace somewhere.
For the curriculum to be effective in our schools, there needs to be a community of practice involving educators who have a common philosophy about the needs of children in their care. Too often we see staff meetings where teachers are grappling with the curriculum, complaining about the workload, probably thinking about what they are … More Community of Practice – curriculum, pedagogy, teachers and students
I love as we move through the unit, that we are getting into the nitty gritty of teaching. The readings this week were interesting and, although many of us have heard these principles before; it is the refreshing and ‘upgrading’ of our skills. I love ‘group work’ but agree with many others that many students … More This week in EDFD459
How, can we as educators, keep up with, let alone on top of, the electronic learning space? I don’t think it is possible to do so, I believe that we will have to come up with strategies that are going to allow us to proceed with the technology in the interests of our students’ education. … More Electronic Learning Space
I think at this stage of the unit, I am probably at a Stage 2 of Salmon’s model. I enjoy reading others’ posts (perhaps too much lurking) but I am not overly confident that anyone would be interested in what I had to say, or that have resources that are going to be relevant. My only … More Salmon’s Stage
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