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Organise, plan, create: Notebook LM - the perfect teacher tool.
Teachers, you don't have to be a tech expert to enjoy organising, planning and creating with Notebook LM! It's GOLD!
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Jo Hayes
Sep 162 min
Check Writing for AI use with the Revision History Chrome Extension - Here's How!
Teachers, here's a fantastic tool to check students' writing for AI content!
Sue de Lautour
Sep 115 min
Sentence Structure Must-Knows to Begin the School Year!
Ten small steps to teach your students to set them up for writing success - right from the beginning of the year!
Sue de Lautour
Aug 287 min
Getting back to BASICS to teach formal writing structure.
Teach the structure of formal writing with these back-to-basics steps!
Jo Hayes
Aug 223 min
Saving your resources to the cloud - here's how!
Saving your files to the cloud is essential for making sure you never lose important resources, such as the Drive Resources workbooks......
Jo Hayes
Aug 62 min
Easily create audio books for your class with your iPhone!
Create audio books for your class with your iPhone - or your android - with these simple instructions about how to record and upload to your
Sue de Lautour
Aug 17 min
Teaching Film as Literature - a teacher guide
Teaching film as literature can be overwhelming for English/ELA teachers. Here's a quick teacher guide to help!
Jo Hayes
Jul 223 min
Google My Maps for Engaging English Lessons
Follow a character and engage with the setting in your next text study in English. Google My Maps for English lessons is a GAME-CHANGER!
Sue de Lautour
Jul 185 min
Teaching Tips to Revise 1.3 Writing and 1.4 Unfamiliar Texts
A few things I'd be reiterating with students over in the final weeks (and couple of months) of the year to revise for 1.3 Writing and...
Sue de Lautour
Jun 265 min
Annotating texts: the MAGIC ELIXIR for reading and writing skills
I’ve been thinking a lot about annotation lately. It pops up for reading, research, responding… It’s a springboard for writing...
Sue de Lautour
Jun 203 min
Being an immigrant teacher in BICULTURAL Aotearoa New Zealand
By Jo Hayes In the beginning... Heading to New Zealand from the UK in 2010, I was confident in my research and what I could expect. I was...
Jo Hayes
Jun 102 min
Know with Jo: Teacher Tips for Google Classroom - #1
Quick teacher tips for Google Classroom. Stay in the know with Jo!
Sue de Lautour
Jun 67 min
Setting is BOSS! Teaching students about setting
Key points and few strategies for teaching your students 4 types of setting. Setting is BOSS!
Sue de Lautour
Apr 235 min
Teaching students to discuss text purpose needn't be like pushing *&%# uphill.
I’m sick of reading paragraphs with a cursory nod to ‘purpose’ tacked on as a final sentence. Students aren’t thinking about the...
Sue de Lautour
Apr 73 min
3 proofreading habits that improve writing
How you can improve students' writing with proofreading habits.
Sue de Lautour
Mar 147 min
Lifting the Lid on Daily Lesson Planning: Realities and Ideas
What’s everyone else doing? Am I the only one still searching for that holy grail of planning systems? Am I the only one muddling...
Sue de Lautour
Feb 296 min
12 things I know about Unfamiliar Texts
The close reading of unfamiliar texts is my favourite part of English teaching. Here are 12 things I think it's important to remember....
Sue de Lautour
Feb 146 min
How EVERY student can achieve academic success
Let me tell you how a tiny, traditional test can help all students learn and see how academically amazing they are. Yes, all students. ...
Sue de Lautour
Jan 314 min
Lesson differentiation made easy - a sustainable strategy! Like, 'actual' :)
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel for each ability level in your class. Here’s an easy way to break your lesson into three...
Sue de Lautour
Oct 27, 20234 min
Cope with NCEA Review information overload with THE HANDY THING!
Curriculum changes like NZ's NCEA Review mean learning about new websites, new experts, new vocabulary, new assessments, new philosophies...
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