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Tag Archives: pandemic
Prizegiving pandemic style
Pandemic restrictions have had a significant impact on school prize-giving celebrations this year. At Wellington East Girls College prize-giving was celebrated in the school hall with management, selected teachers, prize winners, and year 13 students in attendance. The event was … Continue reading
No video for no reason
Two aspects that have repeated themselves from previous lockdowns: Poor attendance at Google Meet, typically less than 50% especially if meeting is held before 10:00am Most students do not enable videos. They can select their own background so home privacy … Continue reading
Pandemic planning 2021
A sign of the times. One of my first formal meetings this year is around pandemic planning. Of primary concern is to educate new students (and teachers) about the tools, practices and processes of how we (WEGC) teach and learn … Continue reading
assessment extensions – why not?
I have a number of courses with assessments due at the end of Term 3… seems many other courses have similar requirements. This is probably inevitable, given the relationship between Terms/Topics and creating time and space for teachers to mark … Continue reading
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Jamboard graffiti.
So, I may need to limit edit rights to Jamboard when I want to use it for actual teaching… A passing resemblance to street graffiti.
Taking care of Privacy in the online teaching world…
I have just completed the Privacy Commissioners course Privacy ABC for schools. Nothing particularly new (I have been a Privacy Officer in a former life) but it was good to view material in an Education context. What I would now … Continue reading
A view from a classroom…
Day 1 for students, Day 17 for teachers… at least the view is better.
Working holiday…
School holidays are in progress. Fairly busy time, however… catching up on all the work not done while preparing for a pandemic (as part of readiness team) participating in several online meetings preparing resources for online teaching and assessment – … Continue reading
random thoughts while staying at home…
A few weeks ago I was in Florence, Italy on the tail end of 3 weeks England, Wales, and Croatia. Missed a bullet I think… Good quote…“We have heard that schools that have been closed overseas have probably undergone 3 … Continue reading
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