Genius Hour – Mr van W's Class

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Genius Hour in our Flipped Classroom: First impressions

May 4, 2017 — 2 Comments

Episode 26: The Flipped Classroom and Teachers on Twitter
Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) return from the winter holiday to discuss FlipCon NZ the Flipped Classroom and teachers using Twitter to build a Professional Learning Network. Pete: Flip Your Classroom - John Bergman and Aaron Sams https://www.amazon.com/Flip-Your-Classroom-Reach-Student/dp/1564843157 John: 3 Things Teachers Can Do To Get More O […]
Episode 25: Best and Worst Teachers and Making Students Think
In an uplifting episode of the podcast, John (@jfcatto) talks about some of the traits that can be found in the "best" and "worst" teachers. Pete (@mr_van_w) talks briefly about ways in which to get students to think in the classroom. Articles: John: The 'Best' and 'Worst' Teachers, According to Reddit - Brenda […]
Episode 24: Inflexible School Uniforms, Exam Stress and Disturbing News for Teachers
Pete (@mr_van_w) highlights the lack of flexibility and possible victim blaming of school uniforms. John (@jfcatto) worries that exam stress may be completely unnecessary and pose little benefit to teaching and learning at a whole. Then Pete leaves everyone on a downer with a new study showing the worryingly high rate of teacher suicide. Articles: Pete: […]
Episode 23: Teachers - an Antidote to Poor Parenting and Digital Natives - A Generation On
Pete (@mr_van_w) calmly deals with the downfall and reinstating of Healthy Harold before asking; what are we expected to teach at school? John (@jfcatto) then replaces the outdated concept of digital natives with three further tech subsets of modern students. Articles: Pete: Australian 15-year-olds declining in financial literacy PISA report - Pallavi S […]