Genius Hour – Mr van W's Class

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Flipped Classroom, Gamification, Genius Hour, Professional Development

Genius Hour in our Flipped Classroom: First impressions

May 4, 2017 — 3 Comments

TTT Episode 87: The Learning Trajectory
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) walk into a podcast with no preparation and manage to waffle on for 40ish minutes about a PD lecture that the school put on this week. After which a staff member was overheard saying "that was less of a waste of my life than I expected". PD: The Learning Trajectory - Dr Jared Horvath https://www.sci […]
TTT Episode 86: Children Before Labels and Civics Over Politics
Welcome to 2019. Hopefully things are different here. Pete has hard a "hard reset" and John is... present. Pete (@mr_van_w) is upset by how much language effects the way we relate to each other. John (@jfcatto) argues the perhaps pedantic difference between politics and civics. Articles Pete: Teachers should 'see the child, not the label […]
TTT Episode 85: Our E-Learning Integrators/Leaders
In the last Podcast of the year Pete (@mr_van_w) covers fro John (@jfcatto) so he can record a chat with returning friend of the show Rich Watkins (@cambourne26) and new guest Myrri Fatai. They discuss their roles as two of the school's three E-Learning Leaders. The ups, the downs and future of ELL support. Once again, thank you to the school and these […]
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 […]