Sarah Hodgson

Well, I’ve signed up for my first MOOC!! If you don’t know what a MOOC is, go here. A colleague put me onto this MOOC – a six-week...

Since day one I have told my class that I want them to struggle, I want them to fail, I want them to STRETCH their brains. At first, they...

I’m back in the homeroom after a few years in specialist teaching, and I know my whole approach to teaching and learning is nothing like...

School’s out for summer! And this year, for me, I mean REALLY out! Time to move on… after 22 years of teaching (19 of which have been...

I’ve been working with five Grade One classes, taking a Performing Arts specialist slant on their How We Express Ourselves unit. We have...

… that is the question! I’ve just completed a dance unit with my Grade 1 students. I intentionally did not share the central idea with...

Whoever thought I would study at Harvard?! Seriously, this is not something I would have ever dreamed possible. Yet in just two weeks...

Summer vacation is coming to an end. After a tough school year, I had envisaged a summer of lazy days, trashy novels, cocktails, and...

Hard to believe that I have just completed my 21st year of teaching! 18th year of teaching internationally. I was only supposed to leave...

Practice makes perfect, so the saying goes! I’m a novice sketchnoter. I’m coming to realise that sketchnoting is helping me to remember...

I have come to realise that I have an innate thirst for learning. I just cannot stop. I’ve just completed my final paper for my Master’s....

I’m humbled, excited, and over the MOON to have been accepted into the Apple Distinguished Educator 2015 Program! Wow. I cannot WAIT to...

I’m currently working on my final Master’s paper. As part of the data collection process, I designed two self-assessment tasks. The first...

Reflection is an important part of our role as educators. Constantly seeking new and innovative ways to enable students to make...

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...

We have just completed two full days of “Three Way Learning Reviews“. Time was taken out of the regular school schedule, the timetable...

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...

This paper would be of interest to educators working in the Early Years. It highlights the importance of authentic learning when using...

Students in the Early Years really CAN do great things… both with and without technology. They just need someone to believe in them. All...

My latest assignment for the Certificate in Educational Technologies was a one-to-two minute presentation to my class. A pitch that would...