The Knackered Teacher

Week 30 Trends Influencing New Zealand For this weeks blog I am going to analyse a trend that is influencing and shaping NZ education, that is relevant to my current practice. I will then, critique and evaluate my practice in the context of different audiences (local, national and/or international) and their perspectives and I will discuss these implications using Rolfe’s (2001) reflective model. Image from Core-ed.org, (2018) What? A trend that is highly relevant to my daily practice and influencing and shaping NZ education in schools is Digital Learning and bring your own device (BYOD) programme. I teach Year 5 and since beginning my Mindlab journey, I have found that I am incorporating digital technologies into almost every subject where and when relevant and appropriate. This has opened up a whole new world of learning and experiences that has allowed my learners to work collaboratively and choose and show their learning through a variety of mediums and platfo...

Week 29 Using social online networks in my professional development In this weeks post I will be using the Jay and Johnson’s (2002) reflection model to reflect on how social media is being used in my professional development. Descriptive I have been using social media tools such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for the past 12 years to connect to family and friends around the world. I have also used limited, various social media as a teaching tool in the classroom, however it wasn’t until this year, when I changed levels from year 1 to year 5 students that I have that I truly realised it’s potential and started using social media to inform my teaching practice and connect to social networks. This has opened up a whole new world for me and I now connect daily to see what’s happening  globally in the ‘teaching world’, ask questions and find new ideas to bring into the classroom. Comparative After filing out the social media survey, it got me thinking about h...

Week 28 Influence of Law & Ethics in Practice This weeks post relates to the Influence of Law and Ethics in Practice.  I will be reflecting on an issue I faced with Blurred personal and professional boundaries in electronic communication.  I will discuss the implications of the above using Rolfe’s (2001) reflective model. What? The dilemma: Blurred personal and professional boundaries in electronic communication I teach at a school that my own children attend and had (previously) befriended some of my children’s friends mums through various social networks. This year I have changed levels and I am now teaching some of my daughters friends and they are now contacting me via social communication networks in regards to classroom issues and other school-related issues. I feel that my position as friend and Teacher at the school is becoming blurred and being taken advantage of and that the means of communication they have chosen ie; Facebook, text and Messeng...