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Getting your kids organised
Getting your kids organised
As our kids get older we want to help them begin to manage their own lives. They might sports commitments, play on teams, have to bring a plate to share to the next after school rehearsal. They will likely have homework to complete – with a range of due dates.
One way to help them learn to manage these commitments is to set up a functional to-do list. Our kids are used to their phones being…
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Women in Technology Careers
Women in Technology Careers
I published an article on our university website yesterday about women in tech careers. You know, our fastest growing industry? :0) Well, the challenge we are facing is that we don’t have enough people to meet the demands of industry.
There was a recent study, carried out in Silicon Valley – the tech centre of the world. Over 200 women were asked about their experiences as a woman in the…
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What's on the Horizon for our kids in schools?
What’s on the Horizon for our kids in schools?
There’s a great report that gets released every year called the ‘Horizon Report‘. It focuses on technology use in education and makes predictions – that are often incredibly accurate.
The 2016 K-12 Report makes predictions for the short, medium and longer term.
Here’s the overview from here:
So, if this is accurate, by 2020, our children in schools could be learning with and through ‘Wearable…
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What do teachers actually do?
What do teachers actually do?
I get asked a lot what teachers actually do. Well, I could give the sarcastic answer of ‘what don’t they do!?!, it’s not all 3pm finishes and school holidays you know!” But I’m not that rude :0). The real answer is that our main task as teachers is pedagogy. It’s the method and practice of teaching.
So just as biologists study life, and geologists study the earth. We study learning. That’s our…
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Positive selfies - why we all need them!
Positive selfies – why we all need them!
I saw something at a school I was presenting at the other week. It was so great I had to share it here – Positive Selfies!
They had posters everywhere about Posotive Selfies. Love it. A simple idea really. Instead of sexting or sharing photos of friends not look their best for fun or even cyber-bullying by posting photos of others with nasty comments, just take a photo of you, looking like you.…
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Tech-Tip Friday - Are you kids feeling anxious? Try this app
Tech-Tip Friday – Are you kids feeling anxious? Try this app
Happy end of the week! It’s been a big one for me with the release of my new ebook ‘Super Simple Cyber-Safety’. It’s been really well received and so exciting! To get your copy, sign up to the blog here and I’ll send through your **free** copy!
Back to today’s post! I’m sharing a great app that I love to use for myself and for kids in my class. It’s a free app with guided meditations – don’t…
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But they want to keep things private...
But they want to keep things private…
Today I’m answering a question from a reader. It’s one I get often actually and it’s about time I talked about it on the blog!
My kids are getting older and won’t tell me what they are doing online – how do I make sure they are being safe online?
As our kids get older, hit high school and start becoming more independent, it’s natural that they don’t want to share everything with us in the same…
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Kids Version of Facebook
Kids Version of Facebook
It’s nearly Easter! That means school holidays, bunnies and chocolate. What will your kids get up to during the break? Hopefully there will be some outdoor fun and maybe some playdates. Looking at the weather here in Melbourne, there’s going to need to be some indoor times too. Rain, for days on end!
Once they have exhausted all their playing, making and doing and you hear the ‘I’m bored’ call,…
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