ETL507 Professional Reflective Portfolio

Part A TL’s proactively engage their knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy skills with their specialised expertise as information professionals to collaborate with school administration, teachers, students and the wider school community to design, resource and deliver authentic learning experiences. TL’s are a key leader in promoting and supporting a dynamic culture of reading, information seeking […]

ETL523 Assessment 2 Reflection

I did a small “action research” project for my Primary Education degree in the mid 1990’s. I decided to focus on and facilitate collaborative learning with my class. I called my project “Everyone Has a Part to Play”, focusing on explicit teaching of expected behaviours and a mindset in cooperative learning that “we all have […]

ETL523 Digital Citizenship in Schools: Steve Wheeler Reflection.

  After watching Steve Wheeler’s (2015) keynote address I reflected on my recent casual teaching day, teaching Year 6. During Maths, students had to use problem solving to draw a perfect pentagon with equal sides and angles. What was a simple instruction turned out to take most of the lesson. Students were challenged, engaged and […]

ETL503 Teaching Digital Citizenship? Common Sense Education will help.

About to teach Digital Citizenship? Common Sense Education is a fantastic website with resources for teachers such as lesson plans and professional development links that may be useful. Common Sense Education. (n.d.). K-12 Digital citizenship curriculum scope and sequence. Retrieved from: https://www.commonsense.org/education/scope-and-sequence