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We’re all busy people – it’s like the sickness of the modern age, although I have my suspicion that it’s far older than that. And teachers are busier than most people – I don’t think many people really subscribe to the old 9-3 and that’s that belief anymore. For teachers, the workloads are really beginning…

It’s that time of the year, again, at least in Australia, when students are in the home stretch and heading for their final exams. IT’s also the time of year when many teachers really begin to express concerns about their students – either for the level of ability, or for their motivation. I’m not going…

I’ve done a few 1:1 implementations in my time – firstly with laptops, but now across schools with iPads, which is not necessarily any harder or easier, but just a different kind of approach. Anyway, I thought I would spend a few lines documenting some of the major issues that I’ve come across in my…

Introduction It would be difficult to argue that, along with many other facets of modern life, technology has become a common part of educational institutions around Australia, and indeed, many other parts of the world. Of course, the use of technology in schools – and its continued prevalence amongst the lives of young people –…

So I recently skyped with my doctoral supervisor again. We hadn’t spoken for a while while I was working on my first draft of the thesis, but we’ve now moved onto a new stage of our working relationship as we review and make changes to my first draft. This is going to be a lot…

So I finally decided to attend an RSA AGM that wasn’t in Sydney – since I’ve been a fellow of the RSA I’ve made a real effort to attend the ones that were in Sydney. Paul, who is the Chairman of the RSA, usually organises for a speaker to follow on from the more dry…

So my brother, Marc, turned 35 today. I’d like to say that we caught up and drank 21 year old Scotch Whisky, but the reality was that the best that we could do was a hurried telephone call. Now, though, I’ve got a little more time, so I thought that I would take the chance…

Recently had the chance to travel down to Melbourne for the RSA AGM. Fantastic session with Dawn O’Neill and a few other very impressive speakers talking about collective impact, mental health and lots more. I’ll write more about this later, but I wanted to write about Melbourne in this post. I’ve lived in Victoria for…

I’m not an expect in the Japanese language or culture but one thing that I have learned about is the concept of Kaizen (which I think translates exactly as ‘good change’ but has become linked to the idea of continuous self-improvement). Teaching is a tough job at the best of times – good teachers are…

Introduction: Recently, there has been an increase in interest amongst educators and policy makers about the notion of student engagement and student empowerment as well as the most effective ways that schools might leverage such factors in order to improve student outcomes. Despite this recent interest, the notion of Student Voice (which is often linked…