by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | brain behaviour, Teaching
Meet the neurologist who was inspired to retrain as an educator and apply what she knew about the brain and take that to the classroom. Dr Judy Willis on the Science of Learning. If you don’t have 11 minutes to spare, here are my takeaways. The Science of...
by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2012 | Play
I was introduced to a fantastic article this week, it is a news story from Feb 2008, however it’s message is just as relevant today “Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills” claims the headline. Fascinating to learn that it seems Mattel is one of...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | Creativity, education, parenting, problem solving
The cockles of my heart were warmed this week when I read a great article in the Melbourne Weekly Eastern Magazine about the lovely 21 year old Elizabeth Bowtell who recently completed a diploma of design technology at RMIT. It was the second paragraph that made my...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | colouring, drawing, relaxation
Have any of you tried to meditate before? Have you ever tried it with children? It can be quite tricky to achieve as you use borrowed time to convince them to sit still and listen to the CD/or story. I can manage about 5 minutes but after that my mind wanders off on...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | making movies
If you have not yet joined the Edutopia community at Edutopia.org then do yourself a favour and go there right now and jump on board. Recently I came upon this post about how to use video in the classroom. If you have always thought that it is too difficult and...
