Last Tuesday I attended Teachmeet Perth, focusing on A Curriculum for Excellence. It was my second Teachmeet, and I’d signed up to give a presentation on Homework and ACfE. Here’s the Prezi that I gave: Homework and Curriculum for Excellence (WordPress doesn’t seem to want to embed Flash, so you’ll have to follow the link).
Photo credit: Nick Hood
It was, as expected, an energising and inspiring evening. A non-exhaustive list of presentations I enjoyed included:
Krysia Smyth on “Failing Forward” – allowing free rein to pupils’ creativity and allowing them to “fail” with respect to the finished project. It’s the process, not the finished piece of work, that’s important. Reminded me of Carol Dweck’s work on mindsets.
Ian Stuart on useful open source applications. Loads to download and try out (when I declutter my hard drive so there’s space for them! One step at a time…).
Con Morris on +Glow (integrating links to appropriate bits of Glow into existing websites and projects).
Neil Winton on using Google Aps for folio work (I’d never even heard of Google Apps before!).
Louise Henderson with some great ideas for using Glow in transition.
I’m sure there were others that I should have mentioned but that’s enough for now! I came away feeling inspired and full of ideas, and with a new people to follow on Twitter and in blogland!
