Matt Hurley

Matt Hurley, Australia, Secondary

Amongst many other things I could write here perhaps the most relevant information is that I'm a high school teacher based in Melbourne, Australia. I've spent time teaching in England and Japan as well. Nominally an English teacher, I've covered a variety of roles over the years.

Talk from Chalk
As the by-line says, this is a place where I can discuss the things I've learned while teaching. So far I've found that coming up with subject matter has been remarkably easy. The writting hasn't been so easy but I'm enjoying the challenge.

Theme: teaching and learning, schools, education, creativity, parental involvement

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Lee Dunn

Lee Dunn, Scotland, Secondary, Post-16

I am a Principal Teacher seconded to The Scottish Government, participating in the United Nations IBE CoP on Curriculum Development interested in learning and teaching.

Creating a 21st Century Education for all Children and Young People
A collection of thoughts and experiences as I make my way through the transformational change in Scottish education that is Curriculum for Excellence.

Theme: education, learning, teaching, schools, young people, public services

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Judith Way

Judith Way, Australia, Primary, Secondary, School libraries

Teacher librarian interested in social media and gaming for learning.

Bright Ideas - currently offline
Providing information on new ways of learning and teaching via new tech tools; conference links, reports, information on books and reading including eBooks and information on all things library.

Theme: education, technology, social media, pedagogy, embedding, games,, libraries, schools, learning, teaching

Jane Goodwin

Jane Goodwin, USA, Adult, Serendipitous Rants

After 26 years in the Indiana public schools, I quit and am now teaching college writing. I am also a professional speaker and writer, and a social media maven. I do Internet liaison/watchdog work for several businesses.

Scheiss Weekly
I write about educational issues, parenting, literacy, social media, and the occasional whimsical rant.

Theme: Education, schools, students, teachers, curriculum, literacy, books, literature, parenting, social media, internet, computer, conference, mamacita, janeg

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I Teach

I Teach, Malaysia, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary,

I'm an educator in my 30s with a firm belief in educational reform and that with the right policies in place, Malaysia can be a truly world-class education hub.

Textual Confessions
My observations and insights on the education scene in Malaysia.

Theme: education, education malaysia, educational reform, education policy, schools, universities

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Cindy Couchman

Cindy Couchman, Kansas, USA, K-12, Mathematics

Cindy is a NBCT in Adolescent and Young Adulthood Mathematics, a state finalist for the Presidential Award, and was recently honored as the Kansas Teacher of the Year. She has taught high school math for 19 years and currently teaches AP Calculus and College Algebra at Buhler HIgh School.

ktoytravels2009
Come follow the Kansas Teacher of the Year Team as we travel the state of Kansas learning from educators and schools we visit. We will be reflecting on issues, trends,and the schools we visit as we represent all educators from the state.

Theme: kansas teacher of the year, schools, reflections on education, views, high school teacher

Jon Nicholls

Jon Nicholls, London, UK, Secondary, Creative Learning

I am the Arts College Manager, School of Creativity Co-ordinator and teacher of photography at Thomas Tallis School, a large mixed comprehensive, in Greenwich. I am married with three children.

Thomas Tallis Creative Network
A support network for the Thomas Tallis specialist arts college community partners.

Creative Tallis
Promoting creative learning at Thomas Tallis School.

Art4Kidbrooke
Developing a community arts strategy for Kidbrooke.

London Schools of Creativity
Promoting creative learning in London.

Themes: creativity, creative, learning, schools, community, cohesion

Ian McLean

Ian McLean, Australia, Primary, Elementary, School Librarianship

Ian McLean is a Sydney-based Australian primary (elementary) teacher-librarian, who spends way too much of his spare time blogging in cyberspace. He is a former editor of the NSW Department of Education and Training’s professional journal, Scan (1998-2002), and a past President of the School Libraries Section (NSW Group) of ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association).

Ian also reviews children’s literature and teaching resources for Scan and the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge Committee. Ian enjoys learning - along with his students and teaching colleagues - about the wonders of information and communications technology (ICT) in education.

Booked Inn: Heroic Adventures in Teacher-Librarianship
Aspects and challenges of teacher-librarianship in a primary(elementary) school in New South Wales, Australia, but always with apositive outlook.

Theme: blogs, book raps, children's literature, collaborative teaching, ICT,OASIS, schools, teacher librarianship, Web 2.0, wikis