Teacher Back to School Bingo – 2019 Edition
Hi all! It’s that time of year where you put down your book, find the school keys, dust off your TELA laptop and cruise back to school. No one finds it fun. Unless they...
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Automatic Google Drive student notifications
As a teacher, I’m constantly looking for ways to make my life easier. The computer is but a tool to use, and it can be used to do many menial tasks that we often...
BYOD: It’s not as compulsory as you think
As a bit of a tech guru, it saddens me to see parents trapped in the psyche that they need to not only “Keep up with the Joneses”, but need to provide their child...
School Donations: Rich get Richer…
Original Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/109937537/rich-school-poor-school-top-schools-get-millions-in-donations-while-others-get-0 About $140 million was donated to New Zealand schools in 2017 – and more than half of that went to just 10 per cent of schools. Wellington College received the most money...
Five Year Limit – Enough time to make a difference?
It could be a seismic shift in education, tearing apart the model schools have operated on for more than 30 years. School leaders are “cautiously optimistic” about radical reforms recommended by an independent taskforce...
It’s Time to Teach Back Home
Great to see the NZ Government finally getting on board with the latest NZEI slogan “It’s time”. Of course, they tried to be cool with it, and put in a New Zullund accent in...
