Sonya Van Schaijik

Sonya Van Schaijik, New Zealand, Primary

Sonya Van Schaijik is an experienced teacher from Auckland, New Zealand, whose teaching and thinking are underpinned by SOLO Taxonomy. She is tattooed with the Samoan woman’s malu, is a bilingual learner who speaks Samoan fluently, and has trained in effective pedagogies for bilingual education and ESOL.

At Newmarket Primary School, she has responsibility for the integration of technology into teaching and learning programmes in ways that maximise student learning outcomes. She is a connected educator and builds spaces for teachers to share their learning. She was a recipient of an e-fellowship with CORE Education Ltd in 2011 and TeachNZ fellowship in 2013.

Sonya Van Schaijik
A space to think out loud. A space to reflect on my practice. A space to share my learning.

Theme: education, solo taxonomy, teacher, learning, flat connections, leadership, reflection

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Luke Dyer

Luke Dyer, New Zealand, Primary, Technology

I am a ICT lead teacher and classroom teacher at a small country school in New Zealand. My passion is to see students learning in a connected and tech rich environment that has them collaborating nationally and globally in meaningful ways.

Ten Years on and still a Learner
This blog is a place where I share my successes, failures and eureka moments. Mostly regarding ICT integration and collaboration, but not always.

Theme: twitter, education, reflection, technology, connection, digital citizen

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Ana Miotti

Ana Miotti, Argentina, Secondary, Adult, EFL Teaching and Learning

I'm an EFL teacher from Rosario, Argentina.I have been teaching at public secondary schools since 1999 and I love working with adolescents. I also teach English to adults, including travellers, young entrepreneurs and professionals, and provide one-to-one lessons and small group courses at my office.

Recently I've decided to keep on studying. I'm about to start a post graduate course on the use of ICT in education.

Ana Miotti
This blog is a place for me to reflect on my practice and learn more about web 2.0 tools. I hope I can get in contact with other EFL teachers and educators from around the world.

My main professional interests are ICT in education, the use of new Web 2.0 tools, EFL pedagogy and psycholinguistics.

Theme: reflections, web 2.0 tools, teaching, learning

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Sylvia Ellison

Sylvia Ellison, USA, Secondary, Adult, Education

Mentor of new teachers in Florida, I've been a teacher for 15 years, wife of 17 years, and mother of 4 children.

Ele'Mentor
Thoughts, experiences, and finds as a full-release mentor working with 1st and 2nd year teachers.

Theme: mentor, education, goals, reflection

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Enric Calvet

Enric Calvet, Spain, Primary, Elementary, Kindergarten, English as a Second Language

I am an elementary English language teacher in Barcelona. I teach English as a Second Language to very young learners and I use new technologies for different purposes in my classes.

I do project working as a way to motivate and engage my pupils into collaborative work. I and my pupils are very active using web 2.0 tools and producing outcomes with these tools. But, I don’t miss any opportunity to use “old teaching tools”, such as puppets, songs, stories or games.

Cockroaches and Ladybugs
What do I think about ESL teaching? What do I do in my classes? Where do I get resources in the net? This is my blog. It's all about my projects, activities, tasks and reflections. That's all!

Theme: ESL, teaching, language, english, resources, projects, reflection, methodology. best·teaching, bookmarks, song, story, web2.0, tools

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Maureen Ingram

Maureen Ingram, USA, Primary, Early Childhood

Maureen Ingram has been involved with parent participatory schools for some 20 years. She currently works as a mentor for new early childhood teachers and teaches a weekly mixed-age preschool class.

Maureen has a keen interest in open-ended exploratory learning, problem-solving with young children, social/emotional learning, and helping both parents and teachers understand their preschoolers. She is President of the Potomac Association of Cooperative Teachers (which provides training opportunities for early childhood educators from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia).

MYI Early Childhood Reflections
I see this blog as a dwelling place for my enthusiasm about "all things early childhood." I teach 3 year olds and I love it. I also mentor new early childhood teachers.

I enjoy exploring why I do things a certain way - the "theory" behind the "practice." I'd love for this blog to be a soft place for teachers, parents, and caregivers to land, to consider a variety of educational topics, and perhaps help us understand little ones a little better.

Theme: early childhood, preschool, exploration, engineering, parenting, curriculum, problem solving, discipline, creativity, critical thinking, reflection

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Michael Graffin

Michael Graffin, Australia, Primary

I'm a 2nd year graduate relief teacher working in Western Australia. I teach K-7, and am interested in the practical applications of Web 2.0 in the classroom.

A Relief Teacher's Journey
A reflective commentary on my experiences working as a graduate teacher in Western Australia.

Theme: relief teaching, substitute teaching, education, reflection, professional learning, new teacher

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Gilmar Mattos

Gilmar Mattos, Brazil, Language Institute, All Sectors, English as a Foreign Language

An EFL teacher/translator since 1988. I have now been really interested in the better use of technology/web 2.0 in the classroom. An avid learner - gemini.

A work in Progress
My online space to reflect upon my daily teaching and different issues that come along. I will occasionally write about a webtool I may come across but I'm more interested in using this space to consider motivational, psychological things that are so important for any kind of learning to take place.

Theme: EFL, technology, web 2.0, reflection, motivation, learning, sharing

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Becky Searls

Becky Searls, USA, Secondary, Spanish

High school Spanish teacher; super interested in streamlining all aspects of education to make it the best possible institution it can be – this includes bettering my own personal practice, as well as enhancing my building & district performance, and, ultimately, looking at our nation’s Educational policy and how it needs to change in the next 25-50 years to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Interests: integrating technology into 2nd language learning, linguistics, authentic assessment of proficiency, global connectivity

A mishmash of me!
Personal blog/Educator Blog/Fitness & exercise blog - a little big of everything!

Theme: spanish, global, edtech, fitness, teaching, reflection

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Lee Ann Spillane

Lee Ann Spillane, USA, Secondary, English

Close to 45 years experience in education as a student, a high school English teacher, Reading & Writing Center director, literacy consultant, and curriculum writer. I love learning and working with students of all ages. I currently live in Orlando, Florida and teach English at Cypress Creek High School.

Portable Teacher
Welcome to my teaching blog! Portable-Teacher reflects what I'm doing or thinking about doing in the classroom. I started the blog with a few teaching friends, who occasionally post to it. We envisioned it as a collaborative space where we could share and engage in conversation about our practice.

I use the blog to remember and reflect on my teaching as well as a place to share ideas or tools I've found helpful. I would like the blog to push teachers and others to question, imagine and or reflect on their own practice.

Visit my virtual classroom

Theme: teaching english, online teaching tools, web 2.0, web tools, reflection, YAlit, technology integration

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Ian Snyder

Ian Snyder, USA, Primary, Personal Reflection

I teach 2nd grade at Dalmatia Elementary in Dalmatia, PA, USA. I love looking for ways to use technology and to connect with other classrooms.

A Teacher's Thoughts
This blog is a collection of my thoughts from teaching.

Theme: reflection, thoughts, teachers, classroom, elementary education

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Stephen McClean

Stephen McClean, Northern Ireland, UK, Tertiary, Chemistry

I am a senior lecturer at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, N.Ireland with interests in introductory chemistry, mass spectrometry and novel peptide discovery.

On the teaching and learning front I am interested in adopting emerging technologies that enhance the student learning experience especially in the first year.

PlanetChemistry
My blog hosts mainly my random thoughts and comments on teaching and learning in higher education and anything else of interest that crosses my path.

Theme: chemistry, technology, video, mp3, reflection, year one

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Peter Jones

Peter Jones, England, UK, Secondary, Further, Tertiary, Adult

Peter Jones RMN, RGN, CPN(Cert.), BA(Hons) Comp/Phil., PGCE, PG(Dip.) COPE Informatics Specialist, Independent Scholar & Community Mental Health Nurse NHS Ormskirk Lancashire England.

Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD
This blog provides a space for reflections on a HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE and INFORMATICS model which has universal potential in terms of application and users.

If time permits you will find a highly eclectic mix of posts about Hodges' model, its development plus items on education, conferences and computing. The website, on-line since 1998 needs a major overhaul. With this and more in mind I am (slowly) learning Drupal and Ruby.

Hodges' Health Career - Care Domains
Twitter h2cm

Theme: health, informatics, education, citizenry, global health, nursing, reflection, engagement

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AJ Cann

AJ Cann, UK, Tertiary

Alan Cann works in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Leicester.

Science of the Invisible
Education costs money. Ignorance costs more.

Theme: accessibility, assessment, biology, e-portfolios, education, medicine, PLE, reflection, social networks, technology

Sue Hellman

Sue Hellman (on screen à SueH), Canada, All Subjects

I have been teaching since 1974. I am currently at a small alternative program in White Rock, BC, where I work with students who do not thrive in mainstream high schools. I have been struggling with all aspects of how to more make education more accessible and more engaging for my students.

My subjects are math and science. My background is in learning strategies, differentiated learning, and working with at-risk students. My passion is for collaboration with like-minded colleagues who want to explore together this process of making learning more meaningful for students through the integration of Web 2.0 tools and resources.

..fossils no more -- surrey's 23 things..
A 12 week, online, self-study program for 'fossilized' teachers like me to collaborate as we familiarize ourselves with Web 2.0.

Theme: technology, tools, collaboration, reflections, improve teaching, engage students, 21st century learning, differentiated learning, freepath, 23 things, web 2.0, 21st century teaching

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Juan Pedro Serrano

Juan Pedro Serrano, Valencia, Spain, Primary, Secondary

I work as a secondary school teacher in La Pobla de Vallbona, Valencia, Spain. I have also worked at a primary school during 17 years.

iessecundaria
It is a blog about primary and secondary education resources and comments where I reflect and express my thoughts on teaching-learning process, teachers, students and family participation at schools and about practice and policy in Spanish schools.

Theme: citizenship education, primary school, secondary school, teachers, students, family participation, reflections, thoughts, teaching, learning

Paula White

Paula White, USA, Elementary, Adult, Art, Technology

Paula is a 30+ teacher veteran who has worked with Art and Technology for many years. She has produced award winning visual arts projects with students in grades K-5, and has spent the last seven summers supporting adults in storytelling and art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Paula is award-winning herself, having been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator (one of 300 worldwide), an Elementary Educator of the Year, and National Teacher Training Institute Master Teacher. Paula began a storytelling youth group in one school and is now using those storytelling skills with iPods and art across all grade levels K-5.

Reflections of the TZST Teacher
Thinking about my teaching to make it better

Theme: reflections, teaching, thinking, early childhood, technology, higher level thinking, questions

Sarah Horrigan

Sarah Horrigan, UK, Higher Education, Tertiary

I am an eLearning Developer working for Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, developing uses for various learning technologies and working with academics on curriculum redesign in a Higher Education context.

I have also worked for the Open University for the past 8 years on a variety of online courses focusing on learning online, networked living, web design and digital photography.

Kinda Learning
A blog focusing on the web and education; its uses, misuses and general commentary on various types of learning in the UK. Interested especially in online, blended and distance learning.

Theme: education, technology, development, reflection, speculation, debate, learning, HE, elearning

Anne Mirtschin

Anne Mirtschin, Australia, Primary, Secondary

I teach in a small rural prep to year 12 school in rural country Australia. I am passionate about using web2.0 tools to improve learning outcomes in the classroom.

Blogging, flat classrooms, digital storytelling, podcasting and social networking are my passions.

On an ejourney with generation Y
My personal blog documents my journey over the last 12 months with learning and using web2.0 tools, and their application in my classroom.

ejourneys
This wiki is a collection of resources that I have gathered over the 12 months for personal PD and classroom use.

Theme: flatclassroom, 21stcentury school, studentblogs, virtual classrooms, videoconferencing, web2.0tools, reflections

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Kathy Epps

Kathy Epps, Geneva, Switzerland, Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Creating, Enhancing & Developing Blogs for Teaching and Learning

I've taught at the International School of Geneva, before that in New York. Now I'm with the International School of Central Switzerland.

Most active blog currently is Using ICT @ ISOCS, and my blog at PYP Threads ning.

keepps
Current blog.

Blog Day - previous blog

Theme: blog, blogging, education, classrooms, web2.0, K12, reflection, ICT, writing, media, communication

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