http://tbond.edublogs.org We need to educate our students for their future not our present Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  I have just returned home from the 2008 Learning@School conference. One of the major messages hinged around changing our focus to teaching to learning. Traditionally teachers have thought primarily about the content to be taught and then how it will be taught and this guides their classroom practice. The challenge ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2008/02/22/23rd-february-2008-teaching-and-learning/ As teachers we carry a vast accumulation of professional concepts, understandings, ideas and assumptions about learning. The foundations of some of these were formed by our own childhood learning experiences. Others were formed during our formal teacher training period. Some have been formed over years of practical experience while others ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/10/25/the-hidden-lives-of-learners-read-it-if-you-dare/ The last month has flown by aided by a great visit to California, LA, Fountain Valley, San Francisco and a road trip down the Pacific Highway. Since being back in New Zealand I have been involved in a Literacy conference in Napier where I contributed a keynote on 21st Century Learning ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/10/23/24-october/ Today I spent the day at Waltham School in Christchurch, looing at the school, meeting with the leadership team and discussing strategic plans for a process of revising the school vision, clarifying beliefs about learning and teaching, and developing and implementing a new school based curriculum. this was a great day ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/09/17/13th-sept-2008/ This day was spent working with the Inquiry team at Nelson Central School. It was an exciting day spent discussing the visits that the team had made to Brightwater and Wakefield school, and planning for some of the identified issues around implementing Inquiry Inquiry Learning. We are looking forward to instigating ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/09/17/sept-7-2007/ June 12 doesn't seem long ago, but the calendar tells me differently. A lot has happened in the intervening weeks and a short summary is all I feel that anyone would have the slightest interest in reading. During the intervening weeks, apart from keeping up with the demands of house and ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/09/05/catching-up/ This was the first session with the staff of this school. The session introduced the two tools that will be used during the process, then we looked at changes and trends in society and our understanding about learning. From this we discussed questions about the changing role of school and ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/06/20/june-12-campbels-bay-school/ I worked with Hikurangi school over these two days as part of their ongoing process. So far we have revised the school vision and this is now a powerful aspect of the school that drives daily practice. The vision has been captured into a graphic that features obviously as you enter ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/06/18/8-9th-june-hikurangi-school/ I ran an afternoon/evening session for the Wanganui East ICT cluster on questioning. We had a good session where we covered a lot of material with the intent of giving the schools involved enough of an overview so they could make a start on going deeper with pupils in the area ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/06/18/7th-june-wanganui-east-ict-cluster/ The morning was spent with the leadership team at looking at the issues surrounding implementation of the Draft NZ curriculum and establishing a set of initial steps to take. The afternoon and evening was spent withPorritt School. The session which finished after 7pm (now there is dedication to professional development!) included ... http://tbond.edublogs.org/2007/06/06/6th-july-porritt-school-and-inquiry-learning/