Genius Hour – Mr van W's Class

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Genius Hour in our Flipped Classroom: First impressions

May 4, 2017 — 3 Comments

TTT Episode 84: Living Skills and General Whining
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) are joined by returning guests Tom and Matt (@smedboule). They discuss the HSC, IB and UK models of schooling and when and where Living Skills should be taught to students. The big question: Are we able to approach Living Skills from a position of privilege, where we can assume that students are to be taught the […]
Episode 83: Some Things in the News and Teaching Styles
Pete (@mr_van_w) raises a few educational issues in the media at the moment. In particular the mapping of NAPLAN results in Sydney and kids being addicted to their phones. John (@jfcatto) then looks at some of the different teaching styles a teacher can use at different points to differentiate their classrooms. Disclaimer: John makes a disparaging remark […]
TTT Episode 83: Education Has No Purpose and The Problem with Report Cards
Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) discuss plans for the holidays and vale Stan Lee (but Marvel is better). Then John questions basic human rights for a while. Finally, John continues to question the purpose of education and wonder why we as teachers are not able to agree on one. Pete then considers the purpose of report cards and how they could be made t […]
TTT Episode 81: Handwriting Truthiness and The Social Good of Education
Pete (@mr_van_w) questions the importance of handwriting. Maybe the current generation doesn't have it all wrong and it just doesn't actually matter as much as we think it does. On a side note: We were in a meeting today and a colleague talked up how students are much better off writing with a pen and when they can't spell something they look […]