Mr van W's Class

Education to feed the industrial machine

August 6, 2018 — 0 Comments

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Teachers – you da real MVP

July 23, 2018 — 3 Comments

Curriculum, Google, Professional Development, Sheets, Tech Tools

Report Writer and Comment Bank

November 15, 2017 — 2 Comments

Flipped Classroom

Why I started Flipping my Classroom

August 1, 2017 — 0 Comments

Flipped Classroom, Gamification, Genius Hour, Professional Development

Genius Hour in our Flipped Classroom: First impressions

May 4, 2017 — 3 Comments

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The Real Answer to Why Some Kids Don’t Engage at School

February 28, 2017 — 0 Comments

Curriculum, HSC, Professional Development

Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Why the new HSC curriculum is not what we need.

February 26, 2017 — 1 Comment

TTT Episode 99: Teaching Like Magic and Reading About Yourself
This week/fortnight/month Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) barely manage to get an episode out with John on the editing decks. He's pretty rubbish. John ruminates on a listener comment and laments the perceived goal of edupreneurs of aiming bigger and not wasting their life in the classroom. Pete regales us with the link between teaching and magic […]
TTT Episode 98: Teachers Talking Teachers Paying Teachers and It Takes a Village (of Teachers)
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) grapple with the intersection of ideology and economic sense when it comes to www.teacherpayteachers.com. Then John highlights the staggeringly large number of people that it takes to educate a child from K-12. Pete: Teachers are making millions selling their lesson plans online - Carolyn Thompson https://www […]
TTT Teach Like a Pirate Read along 03
In this mini episode, Pete (@mr_van_w) continues his homework with Dave Burgess' Teach Like a Pirate. We're on the third section RRRRR. R is for Rapport. Pete also wrote about this on his blog, you should check it out - he uses some sweet memes. https://mrvanw.com/2019/06/11/rapport-with-a-reluctant-audience-a-teach-like-a-pirate-read-along/ or sim […]
TTT Episode 97: Teaching Kids Sexuality and Being a Better Teacher
Pete (@mr_van_w) asks when is it appropriate to start teaching students about sexuality and in particular non-cis/binary/fluid sexuality. He also brought a good news story about an inspiring Indigenous principal. John (@jfcatto) then highlight the divide between research and practice in education and that the way to being a good teacher is by striving to be […]

Mr van W's Class

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Education to feed the industrial machine

Teachers – you da real MVP

Report Writer and Comment Bank

Why I started Flipping my Classroom

Genius Hour in our Flipped Classroom: First impressions

The Real Answer to Why Some Kids Don’t Engage at School

Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Why the new HSC curriculum is not what we need.