"everyday is a learning day"

I know…, you know …, we all known, that self-review is essential for good practice.  True self-review should be the combination of both formal and informal review tools.  These tools may include personal reflections, professional conversations, mentoring, professional appraisal, journals and learning circles.  Personally I enjoy engaging in self-review through reflecting and sharing my practice in a professional [...]

I love these two talks.  The first was recorded in 2006 and the second was recorded this year at the February TED Talk.  One day I am going to go to TED!

How can I start a revolution in my school?

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be beginning a new position next year as a Sole-Charge Principal at Pukeokahu School (Pukeokahu means The Hill of The Hawk).  To put this into perspective for you non-kiwis out there – I will begin the year (Feb 2nd 2010) with 10 students aged between 7 [...]

I am writing this post on my school’s ipod touch. It is slow going at the moment as I am still getting use to the type pad. The predictive text is a bit average and the whole process would be a lot faster if the keyboard was landscape. I discovered that the new update gives [...]

Here is my second offering to the blog-o-sphere from my uLearn09 presentation
An eWindow into my Classroom
This is a Prezi Presentation that will feature on the home page of my ulearn site.  Prezi is an alternative to the standard slideshow presentation.  I have added a fun little ‘how to’ I found on YouTube for those of [...]

I shouldn’t be writing this post, I should be marking books, reflecting on my Teacher Inquiry, or preparing for my presentation at uLearn09 (hehehe, yep they accepted me! Wooo Hooo) but as my Grandmother would delight in exclaiming … “that man has really put a bee in your bonnet hasn’t he!” and by ‘that [...]

A new climate change campaign has just been launched here in New Zealand. This campaign is called:

The aim of this campaign is to support our government to make a bold and positive choice to significantly reduce carbon emissions.
Climate change is happening faster than anyone expected. In December this year world leaders will gather in [...]

Everyone is picking on me!!!!  Today I admitted to being a fan and now an active Twitterer. People keep asking me if I am following Ashton Kuttcherr and Ellen Degenerous … obviously not!!! I can’t even spell their names let alone find them!
I first encountered Twitter last May while I was on the Apple Bus [...]

I have been diligently avoiding my blog.  My lofty ambitions of the Perfect Blog with weekly updates that are informative, thought provoking and inspirational have fallen by the way-side.
My problem, of course, is that I want to be part of the Blogging Elite.  I want to run before I can even crawl at a consistent [...]

2008 Professional Goal:
I will complete a blog entry once a week about my professional practice.
2008 Revised Professional Goal:
I will complete a blog entry once a month about my professional practice.
2008 Revised Professional Goal:
I will complete a blog entry once a
term
at the end of term
after a little break
when I get back from Japan
before the new year [...]