https://edufolios.org/kzagotsis/mentoring-in-practice-video-observations-professional-conversations-and-vicarious-learning/
I’ve been lucky enough to be mentoring a Pre-Service Teacher during her final placement. I didn’t tell Giulia this while she was working alongside me, but my Research Project while at uni was ‘Do student teachers implement the theory that they’ve learned at university while they’re on practicum?’ I’d found….not really. They were often more likely to […]
Digital Technologies in Special Educationhttps://edufolios.org/kzagotsis/digital-technologies-in-special-education/
Planning and Co-Creating One of the targets I’d set myself after coming back from Educhange in September was to create a Digital Technologies differentiated unit plan for Term 4. I’d expanded on my limited knowledge of coding, robotics etc and the question I had-if it was possible to teach these skills to students with intellectual disabilities-had […]
EC17https://edufolios.org/kzagotsis/ec17/
EC 17 Ready for a day of learning!! @Edufolios @MarkeetaRP TeacherTechnol #educhange #PLN pic.twitter.com/MihtMI38jF — Katherine Zagotsis (@Accidentaleader) September 26, 2017 On the 27th and 28th of September, I attended EC17 after being invited by Selena to be part of the Edufolios team. I initially found this a little hard to get my head around: that I was […]
Four Components of Highly Structured Teachinghttps://edufolios.org/kzagotsis/highly-structured-teaching/
Four Components of Highly Structured Teaching Highly Structured Teaching, an adapted version of TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children) underpins the practice of my classroom. I first started learning about and implementing this approach in 2015, where I worked closely with S.P who had just undergone TEACCH training in America. […]