Dec 3, 2018 | Education, Professional Learning
I recently conducted a poll on Twitter asking educators whether they were on LinkedIn. To my surprise 60 % of the respondents said that they were on it. Why was I surprised? In my experience, primary and secondary educators do not use LinkedIn in the same way that...
Nov 26, 2018 | Education, Professional Learning
Posture can communicate so much about how you are feeling and what you are thinking. Good posture can help you be more confident, improve your mindset and can positively affect your emotions. A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind – Morihei...
Oct 29, 2018 | Education, Professional Learning, Technology
‘Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom’: Esther Wojcicki and Lance Izumi Blended learning approaches have been around for a long time. In fact when I started teaching nearly 20 years ago, I used a blended learning approaches in my...
Oct 11, 2018 | Education, Professional Learning, Technology
I was recently writing a series of scripts here at MakeMatic on computer code. It’s a tricky subject to tell a visual story around and, I admit, I found it difficult at times. Yet inspiration came from an unlikely source – gangsta rap legend Snoop Dogg. There we were,...
Oct 8, 2018 | Education, Professional Learning, Technology
The pedagogical benefits of using video in education There’s much discussion in education about the efficacy of using videos to enhance learning. With the use of videos seemingly everywhere in the digital world, is it a medium that educators should be using to...
Oct 1, 2018 | Education, MakeMatic HQ
The Divide Widens Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world. It’s therefore surprising that although we live in an age where we have greater access to information and knowledge, we still seem to be...
