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Performance Appraisal Reflections
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay It’s that time of year again – time for the end of year performance appraisal meetings. Here’s what I...
Sarah Hodgson
May 27, 20192 min read


School Year 2018-2019
Reflecting on my work this academic year. Like last year, I sent out a survey to teachers asking for feedback. I kept the questions that...
Sarah Hodgson
May 15, 20192 min read


Coaching for Transformation
Reflections on Unit 1 of The Art of Building Trusting Coaching Relationships course. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Personal inquiry...
Sarah Hodgson
Apr 11, 20192 min read


Time for a break. Time to reflect.
October break is here. Quick think about how the year is going so far. Image credit: https://pixabay.com/photo-2123971/ A fair amount has...
Sarah Hodgson
Oct 13, 20183 min read


Meet them where they are
I was looking through some of my old posts and found a sketchnote I made when participating in the Innovator’s Mindset MOOC last year. It...
Sarah Hodgson
Sep 22, 20171 min read


Reflection – Early days
As well as sharing my thoughts and ideas here, I’m also documenting my own learning journey. Taking time to reflect on how things have...
Sarah Hodgson
Sep 6, 20172 min read


Anything is possible.
Whoever thought I would study at Harvard?! Seriously, this is not something I would have ever dreamed possible. Yet in just two weeks...
Sarah Hodgson
Sep 7, 20151 min read


What I Learnt This Year
Hard to believe that I have just completed my 21st year of teaching! 18th year of teaching internationally. I was only supposed to leave...
Sarah Hodgson
Jun 10, 20153 min read


Practice and Reflection
Practice makes perfect, so the saying goes! I’m a novice sketchnoter. I’m coming to realise that sketchnoting is helping me to remember...
Sarah Hodgson
May 12, 20151 min read


Let Them Have a Say
Reflection is an important part of our role as educators. Constantly seeking new and innovative ways to enable students to make...
Sarah Hodgson
Nov 15, 20141 min read


Magic Can Happen: You Just Have To Let Go
Today I had the BEST lesson of the year so far. Yes, I know we are only in week seven, but this one is going to be hard to beat. I’m...
Sarah Hodgson
Oct 2, 20134 min read


Thinking Ahead
As I enter my twentieth year of teaching I am more aware now of how much learning I have to do than ever before. Sounds crazy, right? The...
Sarah Hodgson
Aug 30, 20132 min read


10 Tech Trends of the Future? Some Are Already Here.
Shadowbox.init(); I recently watched, and re-watched, this video on Digital Learning Futures featuring Steve Wheeler (@timbuckteeth)....
Sarah Hodgson
Jan 19, 20133 min read


Raw from Rejection
I admit it. When the rejection letter from Apple came yesterday I was upset. Not quite devastated, but I had a good cry. My father has...
Sarah Hodgson
Jan 15, 20132 min read


Dream Big: Always Shoot For The Moon
On Tuesday, 11th December 2012, months of preparation came to fruition. It was the very first time that iPads had been used in our school...
Sarah Hodgson
Dec 13, 20124 min read


Collection of Evidence
November was declared ‘Evidence Month‘ at my school. We were asked to submit to the Learning and Teaching Technologies (LTT) department...
Sarah Hodgson
Nov 29, 20121 min read


Never fear, never quit.
So today was the day that we got iPads back into my performing arts classroom. After planning the learning engagements with the LTT team,...
Sarah Hodgson
Nov 15, 20125 min read


If in doubt, just ask.
I reflect on my reflection. And I ask myself the question. What’s the right direction, to go? I don’t know. Bret McKenzie I love...
Sarah Hodgson
Nov 7, 20125 min read


Reflections on Learning at Learning 2.012
My head is full and buzzing. I have just returned from the Learning 2.012 Conference held at the Western Academy of Beijing. The...
Sarah Hodgson
Oct 15, 20124 min read


Is it worth it?
That was the question I was asking myself yesterday. On Monday I started something new. After seeing a few colleagues and educators on...
Sarah Hodgson
Sep 19, 20123 min read
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