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On Becoming an @HaikuDeck Guru
HaikuDeck Guru Application – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires As I recently told my students, I vividly recall the time I sat at the back of a classroom, struggling to...
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Mashing up @HaikuDeck & @ExplainEverything: Year 2 iPad Information Reports...
Last year, my Year 2 colleagues and I embarked on what turned out to be one of the most (over) ambitious #ionapsict projects to date, creating Information Report videos about Australian animals using a...
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On becoming an #ISTE Emerging Leader, Class of 2015 (#epicyen)
For many years, I had a dream … a dream that I would one day find a school where I would have the freedom to learn, grow, and innovate with ICT. At the beginning of the 2014 school year, overwhelmed...
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The USA: A First Time Visitor’s Perspective
A few observations from my first trip to the USA for ISTE 2015. Please click on the links to view my photographic journey through Philadelphia, Washington DC, and New York City. There are many great...
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Using my image without attribution is NOT ok!
As an ICT integrator and teacher, I place a strong emphasis on teaching my students and colleagues about why and how we attribute online images and creative works. I also take the time to teach them...
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Establishing a Student Digital Leaders Program #ionapsict
The Robot Fashion Show! (2015) At the start of the 2015 school year, I began working with two wonderful Year 6 students, who were appointed as Iona Primary’s inaugural Digital Captains. Every week, for...
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2015: A Long and Winding Road
2015 was a memorable year, of highs and lows. It was a year of experimentation, exploring possibilities, and learning how to be a coach and change leader. I learned a lot, made plenty of mistakes, and...
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Adventures with @PicCollage in Early Childhood (#ionapsict)
At #slide2learn 2014 in Sydney, an early childhood educator pulled me aside and said that my early childhood teachers would just “love” PicCollage. Unfortunately, I can’t remember who you were;...
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Teaching, Learning, and Publishing with the @BookCreatorApp! (#ionapsict)
Last year, working in a brand new ICT coaching role, I was determined to introduce our Early Childhood teachers to just a handful of creative iPad apps which they could use across a range of learning...
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Experimenting with Popplet in Year 3 Science (#ionapsict)
For those who have never heard of Popplet, it is a nifty brainstorming / concept mapping iPad app. While covering a Year 3 science class last year, I asked my students to have a go at using it to...
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Bringing Geography to Life with Google Maps & Skitch (#ionapsict)
There are times where a chance remark can lead to amazing learning outcomes. The use of Google Maps and Skitch in Year 2 and 3 Geography was one of those occasions … A conversation about mapping...
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Revisiting PuppetPalsHD Information Reports (#ionapsict)
Several years ago, while working as a relief ICT coach in an inner city school, I worked with a Year 3 teacher to create digital information reports on jungle creatures. Last year, I had the...
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Teaching Time with iMovie! #ionapsict
One of the highlights of 2015 was watching one of my colleagues starting to take big risks with her integration of ICT. In Term 3, I was taken aback by her suggestion that we should teach her students...
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Looking back on a year with @adobevoice (#ionapsict)
In March 2015, I wrote about an iPad digital storytelling app that was beginning to have a transformational impact on my teaching practice. At the time of writing, I wasn’t aware just how big an...
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Facing the Challenges of the new Digital Technologies Curriculum
Digital and Design Technologies Curriculum – #ionapsict from Michael Graffin As schools around Australia prepare for the implementation of the new Digital Technologies curriculum, teachers are...
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The Learning Curve
It is been a while since I’ve ‘put pen to paper’ here, but it is nice to be back. In light of my experiences and the challenges I’ve faced so far this school year, I’m dedicating this post to the...
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CEWA LEAD Awards for Excellence 2016
A photo with my Principal, a passionate advocate for our makerspace and robotics program. A few weeks ago, my library colleague and I accepted, on behalf of our school, a prestigious Catholic Education...
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What makes me curious?
I recently applied to join a new Catholic Education WA design thinking accelerator program, known as Studio Curious. Considering that there were nearly 300 applications from across Western Australia,...
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2016: A Year in Review
I know I’ve been quiet this year, but this post marks 6.5 years of blogging. Quite an achievement that. In 2016, I worked alongside teachers, exploring our new digital technologies curriculum; and...
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Starting from @Scratch: (Re)thinking visual programming
Several years ago, I started my exploration of Scratch coding with a group of highly motivated students who were happy to dive in, figure out how it worked, and answer my questions – which typically...
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