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John Catterson (@jfcatto) and Pete Whiting (@mr_van_w) are two Australian Flipped Educators. Together they talk education, pedagogy and current practice. Find more of Pete and John: Website - www.catfisheducation.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrCattersonScience YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PWhiting
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Now displaying: September, 2020
Sep 21, 2020

The Agent of Chaos (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) talk about the podcast format, being unbelievably tired, CSU "Taking You Higher", online conferences, TED Talks, genius hour for teachers, how to define an activity as a hobby, differentiation strategies for the top end, attainment grouping discussion on TER before devolving into talking about gaming.   

 

CSU - Free webinar with industry experts to inspire women to pursue careers in space  

https://news.csu.edu.au/in-brief/free-webinar-with-industry-experts-to-inspire-women-to-pursue-careers-in-space 

 

Teachers Need a Genius Hour, Too - John Spencer

http://www.spencerauthor.com/teachers-gh/

 

The Real Difference Between Google and Apple - Mark Wilson

https://www.fastcompany.com/3068474/the-real-difference-between-google-and-apple 

 

High Potential and Gifted Education - Differentiation adjustment strategies - NSW DET 

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/high-potential-and-gifted-education/supporting-educators/implement/differentiation-adjustment-strategies#Table%20suggesting%20differentiation%20adjustment%20strategies 

 

TER #155 - Attainment Grouping with Becky Taylor

https://terpodcast.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/ter-155-attainment-grouping-with-becky-taylor-01-sept-2020/ 

 

Visit our website: https://www.catfish.education/

Email us feedback or suggestions: catfisheducation@gmail.com 

Read Pete's blog: https://mrvanw.com/

Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation

Buy some merch:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/CatfishEd/explore

Sep 21, 2020

The Agent of Chaos (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) talk about the podcast format, being unbelievably tired, CSU "Taking You Higher", online conferences, TED Talks, genius hour for teachers, how to define an activity as a hobby, differentiation strategies for the top end, attainment grouping discussion on TER before devolving into talking about gaming.   

 

CSU - Free webinar with industry experts to inspire women to pursue careers in space  

https://news.csu.edu.au/in-brief/free-webinar-with-industry-experts-to-inspire-women-to-pursue-careers-in-space 

 

Teachers Need a Genius Hour, Too - John Spencer

http://www.spencerauthor.com/teachers-gh/

 

The Real Difference Between Google and Apple - Mark Wilson

https://www.fastcompany.com/3068474/the-real-difference-between-google-and-apple 

 

High Potential and Gifted Education - Differentiation adjustment strategies - NSW DET 

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/high-potential-and-gifted-education/supporting-educators/implement/differentiation-adjustment-strategies#Table%20suggesting%20differentiation%20adjustment%20strategies 

 

TER #155 - Attainment Grouping with Becky Taylor

https://terpodcast.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/ter-155-attainment-grouping-with-becky-taylor-01-sept-2020/ 

 

Visit our website: https://www.catfish.education/

Email us feedback or suggestions: catfisheducation@gmail.com 

Read Pete's blog: https://mrvanw.com/

Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation

Buy some merch:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/CatfishEd/explore

Sep 17, 2020

Some unnamed bloke (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) talk time zones, Fijian time, roll marking, teaching Peers and Superiors, competing chains-of-command, holiday/pandemic learning loss, the Bloom's lie and removing grades shackles on education. 

 

Is Learning "Lost" When Kids Are Out of School - Alfie Kohn

https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/loss/

 

I Hate the Pandemic, but I'm Grateful to Be Rid of Grades - Mariela Tyler

https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/i-hate-the-pandemic-but-im-grateful-to-be-rid-of-grades/

 

Doom on a Pregnancy Test - Foone

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1302820468819288066?s=20 

 

Visit our website: https://www.catfish.education/

Email us feedback or suggestions: catfisheducation@gmail.com 

Read Pete's blog: https://mrvanw.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation

Buy some merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/CatfishEd/explore

 

 

 

Sep 8, 2020

This week Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) discuss some of the comments in the slow chat, clarify that Pete is not anti-data after last weeks tirade, assert that neither Pete nor John are not negative people, laugh at pictures of cycads, insult Primary School teachers. As far as articles go: John discusses some opinions on the current offering of education degrees, Pete supports that the rules around long term suspension of students is changing and finishes with the importance of teachers being their own researcher for their own classroom and evaluating the effectiveness of their own pedagogy.  

 

This weeks slow chat is inspired by a tweet from Courtney (@ComfortDisturb https://twitter.com/ComfortDisturb/status/1300913335261487104

What real world subject specific texts do you use in your classroom?

 

Some starting ideas for a Science classroom:

Science Journals for Kids - https://sciencejournalforkids.org/

Brulosophy exBEERiments - https://brulosophy.com/projects/exbeeriments/ 

 

Teaching Degrees No Longer Meet the Needs of Complex Classrooms - Jordan Baker

https://www.smh.com.au/national/teaching-degrees-no-longer-meet-the-needs-of-complex-classrooms-20200901-p55rf1.html 

 

Maximum school suspension to be cut to 10 days under discipline plan - Jordan Baker

https://www.smh.com.au/education/maximum-school-suspension-to-be-cut-to-10-days-under-discipline-plan-20200826-p55pme.html 

 

Teacher as Researcher - Marzano, Parsley, Gagnon and Norford

https://sites.google.com/view/educational-reading-group/article-19?authuser=0

 

Visit our website: https://www.catfish.education/

Email us feedback or suggestions: catfisheducation@gmail.com 

Read Pete's blog: https://mrvanw.com/

Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation

Buy some merch:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/CatfishEd/explore

 

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