Interesting article - "The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, respectful and highly supportive."...

"As a leader, one of your most important roles is to coach your people to do their best. By doing this, you'll help them make better decisions, solve problems that are holding them back, learn new skills, and otherwise progress their careers" Another possible approach/ coaching model. Video a little corporate but worth viewing.

To inquire effectively, we have to be open-minded, persistent, self-critical, reflective, and empathetic to the positions of others; we have to allow ourselves to be uncertain, to stand back and examine our own practice, and then use what we find as a basis for change.

Cultivating a classroom community where substantive discussions like this can happen is challenging work -- it's an ongoing process that takes time. But online discussion activities are one great way to give your students a leg up; use them as scaffolding for the "real" thing. Plus, the ability to engage in online discourse responsibly is a great 21st-century skill in and of itself.

Helen Timperley, Professor of Education at The University of Auckland, talks about professional development that makes a difference to student learning. Helen talks about the importance of combining careful assessment and analysis with pedagogical content knowledge, and ways teachers can gain this knowledge through cycles of inquiry into their practice.

Image: Timperley, Kaser & Halbert, 2014 Building Teaching as Inquiry projects collaboratively is becoming more commonplace as teachers shift their learning and teaching practices (Modern Learning Pedagogies) to co-teach or team-teach learners, for whom they are collectively responsible, within changing learning environments (Modern Learning Environments).

I have decided to blog my notes on this module as a way of reflection. As I prepare for 2012 and the development of blended learning environment, with a mix of face to face and online learning, I need to be aware of my purpose, my design and my delivery.

ThingLink lets users add interactive links to any photo and turn them into fun web experiences that drive engagement. An example is in the blog Classrooms 130 miles Apart Collaborating http://bit.ly/1QBVggm

"Collaborative projects" A collection of community created resources.

Lisa Dovey, year 7-8 team leader at Halswell School, discusses the benefits of collaborative teaching. Her team uses Google Docs and Google Hangouts to support collaborative planning, teaching, and assessment. She explains, "We do a lot of planning together, which is really fantastic. It means that all of our strengths are put together."

. reflect and compare the state of E-demand around the globe . consider how experiences of our NZ secondary school students need to and are changing in fundamental ways . understand the transition between the conventional learning and e-learning and the challenges educators face . describe the enablers that assist our e-learners to participate successfully in a blended learning environment

Teachers from Paihia School talk about the benefits of implementing a blended approach to e-learning professional learning and development (PLD). Transcript David Rogers Paihia School is a decile 4 school, and we have roughly 50% Māori population in this school.

Visible Learningplus is a professional development program for teachers that explores how evidence can be used to create innovation in the learning environment. Our work is focused on John Hattie's research and the principles of Visible Learning and visible teaching.