Ollie LovellWhat follows is the speech I gave at the recent Australian College of Educators (ACE) national media awards. For the awards…
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At the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers’ conference in Adelaide last month, Di Siemon, during her presentation on the Scaffolding…
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Listen to Ollie’s in-depth podcast interview with Bill Rogers here. ‘What’s your favourite football team?’ In my teacher training prior…
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Leadership requires creating conditions that enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires. loc. 471 I’ve come…
Continue ReadingTying Together Backwards Design, Self Marking and Criterion Referencing for effective teaching
You may have heard of the concept of Backwards Design before. Often associated with Grant Wiggins, the concept basically states…
Continue ReadingBook Notes: Zero to One by Peter Thiel
every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. loc. 1102 insidious danger for every business…
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This post is part of my ongoing Journal on learning Burmese. You can read the whole Journal here. June 21, 2015:…
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