After attending the Cybersafe training day on Thursday I have pruned my facebook of all current students. I was reluctant to do that because I felt that I was a responsible user of social networking, but the implications and lack of control over what others post, creates vulnerabilities for teachers. I like to be socially […]

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I am going to the senior campus of our school next year. I have known about it for a little while now and have been thinking about it. I am nervous for sure. I have reassured countless year 9s over the years about going to the ‘big’ school. This year I can actually share their […]

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In QLD teachers have been banned from contacting students on social networking sites. This bothers me. There are so many things I see as wrong about this stance.  Students can run into trouble online. There are no adults in their lives giving them any feedback about the publishing they do online. I have attended a number of […]

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Today I had a professional development day. It was a course in Behaviour Management. I haven’t been on a Behaviour Management course since the first years I was teaching.  I have been more interested in things like technology or learning. It was productive and has given me some great things to think about, especially as a […]

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Yesterday at school we had a student free day. We got the opportunity to participate in a range of sessions led by fellow teachers. My first instinct was to sign up for all the technology courses, blogging, forums and so forth. I did the blogging course and it was good. I got to see some […]

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It was lovely to get back to school and be welcomed back so heartily. I felt really loved. The students were happy to see me. They came up to me in the yard and said ‘You’re back, Do we have you today?’ with smiles on their faces that were infectious. I had no idea at that […]

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I’ve started doing my etax return today and it gives me great pleasure to find that I will be making my final payment for my tertiary education. At 43! Mind you I started my BA in 1984 and that first year it was free. Over the next 15 years I finished it as well as a […]

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Parent teacher interviews went well this evening. There weren’t as many as the first term meetings. I enjoyed them all with the exception of one child whose parents come every interview and there is never any progress. I don’t know what more to do and the parents are at a loss also. I feel very […]

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Last night at our staff meeting we talked to the teachers about building positive relationships with students. I had gone over in my head what I wanted to say about it several times since I’d been asked to do it. I didn’t say half of it.  The other person speaking had recently done a great […]

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Today we took some year 9 multimedia students to Melbourne for a workshop. They learnt about creating sound and images. The computer lab was great. They were beautifully behaved. I must say it was a gentle start to the term. I ate lunch by the Yarra in the sunshine.
 I must admit to feeling a little frustration about […]

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