by Carolyn | Oct 6, 2020 | covid-19, Teaching
There have been innumerable conversations about the effect of the covid pandemic on education. Many of these conversations have been valuable. However, the most valuable conversation, about what teachers can and will do, is not being had. In essence the...
by Carolyn | Aug 23, 2019 | EdTech, English, Students, Teaching
We Teach Well was fortunate to receive a Global Victoria and EduGrowth sponsorship to the 2019 EduTECH conference in Sydney back in June. It was certainly an experience. I had been to other EdTech events but nothing came close to this. For Judy it was her first foray...
by Carolyn | Aug 9, 2019 | EdTech, English, Students, Teaching
Last year I attended the MAP18 launch. Map is highly regarded accelerator program in Melbourne that is hard to get into. Startups go through a rigorous selection process and the 10 teams chosen get some equity free investment and lots of mentoring and stuff. It was at...
by Carolyn | Jul 25, 2019 | EdTech, Literature, Teaching
It is 3 years since I made my geriatric foray into the wonderful world of EdTech. Ok, maybe I am exaggerating the geriatric bit, but not much. As a woman in her 60s I often find myself as the oldest person in the room and often the room shows surprise at my...
by Carolyn | May 2, 2019 | Teaching
It is no surprise that a slew of articles about the teaching profession appeared yesterday May 1st. Neither is it a surprise that it took a violent physical attack on a teacher the day before, to get the issue onto the National public radar. Sadly, a dedicated...