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May 12
4 min

Just do it! Best PD Ever!

When was the last time you wrote an essay? Mmmm…thought so. Knowing the pitfalls and needs of your students is hard if you haven’t walke...

Sue de Lautour

Apr 11
4 min

Easily write a resource for online use!

Your number one tool - Microsoft PowerPoint Before we do anything, believe that creating resources in Microsoft PowerPoint is the way to ...

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Mar 26
4 min

Flipping your Classroom...when There is ONLY the Flip-Side!

Stop panicking! You suddenly have to flip your classroom, and you don't know where to start. Here are a few tips to help those of you w...

Sue de Lautour

Feb 26
7 min

How to engage your Senior Students when they're OVER school!

Have you already guessed that I'm talking about Year 13 (aka Grade 12)?! Disengaged, and ready to leave what has become, to them, a clau...

Sue de Lautour

Jan 17
6 min

Teacher Inquiry - Lighten Up a Little

Mention Teacher Inquiry and these characters come to mind: The senior manager who wants staff to tick bureaucratic boxes - who rabbits on...

Sue de Lautour

Dec 17, 2019
8 min

My Kids Don't 'Read'

We thought we were nailing it. But now my daughters (aged 18 and 19) don't read novels. We started them young. In fact, their Dad read...

Sue de Lautour

Dec 2, 2019
4 min

The ESOL student in your class

So it's part of the way through the year and you suddenly discover two students from Korea are in your class. Chances are, the first you kn

Sue de Lautour

Nov 27, 2019
3 min

Collate and Graph qualitative data - is it even possible?

I've always had plenty of little slips everywhere that give feedback from students about themselves (progress, feelings about the work) a...

Sue de Lautour

Nov 21, 2019
4 min

Feel the Data love

So many of us hate 'doin' the data' because it's just one more job - and it is NOT in that 'Urgent and Important' box either! It's also ...

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Drive Resources

Just do it! Best PD Ever!

Easily write a resource for online use!

Flipping your Classroom...when There is ONLY the Flip-Side!

How to engage your Senior Students when they're OVER school!

Teacher Inquiry - Lighten Up a Little

My Kids Don't 'Read'

The ESOL student in your class

Collate and Graph qualitative data - is it even possible?

Feel the Data love

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