7 Tips to begin Increasing Learner Agency Kate Friedwald | Jan 2022 So you want to provide more agency for your learners this year? A great idea. Increasing agency develops self-managing learners, increases engagement, and gives you more time to teach. The information in this blog post was originally put together for teachers enrolled in […]
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Including Awareness and Celebration Events in Learning Kate Friedwald | Feb 2021 Ever thought about how easy it is for school to be like its own wee world? How what goes on within the school gates is all that really matters for that moment in time? The reality is, however, that schools exist within the
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My kids aren’t ready for more agency! or is it me that’s not? Kate Friedwald | Nov 2020 Do you have kids in your class who struggle to manage responsibility for a pencil, keeping a space tidy or finishing a task on time? Are you fed up every day by some of the question’s you
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How giving learners MORE agency can SAVE YOU TIME as a teacher. Kate Friedwald | Nov 2020 Following on from my post looking at what learner agency is, I wanted to visit the idea of teacher workload, in relation to providing learners with more agency. I often hear things from experienced teachers like “It looks like
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What is Learner Agency? Kate Friedwald | Nov 2020 I am specifically talking student or learner agency in this case. Is it another one of those buzz words that float around the education world? In my opinion, NO. Although I did think it was until I learnt what it meant. So yes I guess the
Teacher Turned Parent All about becoming a school mum. Kate Friedwald | Oct 2020 For the past 9 years, I have known the world of primary education solely from the teacher side of the fence. At the beginning of Term 3, however, I joined the parent ranks as my oldest started school. Read on to
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Distance Education – The Driver Behind Change Kate Friedwald | May 2020 Did you see me on stuff.co.nz? Click here to read the article Below is the full version of of what I wrote just prior to deciding that I wanted to reach and challenge even more teachers therefore getting in touch with stuff.co.nz I
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5 Myths Busted about the new Digital Technologies Curriculum Kate Friedwald | Jan 2020 Since Term 1, 2020, it has been expected that the digital technologies curriculum be taught by all teachers. As a PLD facilitator of most things digital (don’t ask me to fix your photocopier or why you can’t print) I have been
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To Easter or not to Easter Should we be teaching our learners about easter? Kate Friedwald | March 2019 It comes around every year. Do you teach the cute bunny bringing chocolate eggs, Jesus’s death and resurrection or both? Should we be teaching the religious side? What about those students of different religions? Is
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Why Don’t Teachers Share More? I mean we all want to see all students succeed. Kate Friedwald | Dec 2018 We are not a competitive industry, well if we are we shouldn’t be. I know it might not always be that black and white with private and special character schools in the mix, funding to
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Planning With Google Kate Friedwald | Oct 2018 As a student teacher I dreamed of the day I’d have my own black planning folder sitting on my desk, looking pretty with each week planned and colour coded according to curriculum area. I am still waiting actually as this wasn’t something my school handed out upon
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My Take on ILEs Kate Friedwald | July 2018 There has and continues to be much, mostly negative, media around Innovative Learning Environments. How they are a repeat of the open plan initiative, using kids as guinea pigs, too loud, an excuse for higher class numbers etc etc. I often find myself in conversations around
5 Reasons to use Book Creator in the Classroom Kate Friedwald | June 2018 Back in 2013 I began using Book Creator with my Year 5/6 class. I can’t remember who or how I was introduced, but it’s safe to say I have been a fan ever since! Now as a facilitator it has become
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