Lovely last lunch today with teacher friends at atmospheric Mercetta, Mornington... pic.twitter.com/4bugcjnzAn
— ๐บ๐ฆ๐ปGemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 12, 2022
Another view of Mercetta... pic.twitter.com/HXOhZES6F5
— ๐บ๐ฆ๐ปGemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 12, 2022
This is gold...๐๐
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 25, 2022
Students do understand so much if only we are willing to share some of our humanity, our human weaknesses with them...
Often, it can be their understanding that strengthens and motivates us to rise higher... https://t.co/WBjoI9W1W3
Desperate 'void' in face-to-face education demands desperate 'tsunami' measures it seems... https://t.co/USPqQma2Di
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 13, 2022
The term ‘history’ refers to how someone has tried to reconstruct ‘the past’ in a way that we can understand. Most of the time, ‘history’ is when a professional historian writes a book to explain what a society, culture, person, or event might have been like, based upon the evidence that remains.'The curriculum draft acknowledges that other knowledges+civilisations (e.g. Eastern+Indigenous) have worldviews+cultures worth knowing. It asks students to think about their own place in time+in the world, + asking them to think about what is unique about being Australian.' ⏳⏳ https://t.co/yUqP4th3mm
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 26, 2021
Point 1 made by @annahopeclark:https://t.co/DeXROJyLXN
— History Skills (@HistorySkills) October 26, 2021
I'm a secondary teacher and all teachers I know are double vaxxed (or will have had their 2nd by end of these school holidays)... A few chose the 3month space between AZ doses (as I did) and still will be vaxxed up by school's return...No one argued...It's just what we must do...
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 22, 2021
Kudos to NSW Teachers' Federation website๐-appealing, informative+navigable...By contrast, VIT website=bland (blue+white)+far from easily navigable (try finding a specific resource)...Ours looks like some rookie doing an apprentice run...Web designer-HELPhttps://t.co/vCfjjYzb93
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 31, 2021
PASSING THOUGHT: I know I shouldn't add to the current quagmire, but today has been a super challenging day of not just doing remote learning but supporting struggling students (lots of emails)+closing the day with teacher welfare PD incl survey of school procedures. So hard ๐ pic.twitter.com/zE6WuUPZ28
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 18, 2021
PASSING THOUGHT: The joys of remote learning...Our online learning portal has crashed-since 7:15am...Can't access lessons or email students...An hour has gone by + still not working... Perhaps students are delighted...Meanwhile, teachers keep checking and checking and checking...
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 16, 2021
This result is confronting for Australia...
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 11, 2021
Not a whisper from the federal government that teachers should be prioritised...
Agree that medical staff should be 1st, but teachers should be 2nd priority...
Both confront large numbers of people on a daily basis in a small space... https://t.co/psLlpDa2bJ
Special treat today at atmospheric The Heritage, Balnarring...This is my light lunch enjoyed in the company of teacher friends...
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 14, 2021
Of course, there was a glass of wine nearby too...
The Heritage is a converted 1930's home with a huge covered verandah + great open garden space... pic.twitter.com/1fpDXWBjMd
PASSING THOUGHT: A feature of our 'progressive' 21stC, to me, is the devaluation of a person's knowledge, experience+empathy esp re politicians+educators. Spin, 'loudness'+bullying seem to over-ride+secure both attention+position.
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 1, 2021
Poor knowledge๐poor, avoidable consequences. pic.twitter.com/MgEDB517yf
I closed my school year last Friday...Saturday was ultra veggie mode...Sunday, slight improvement working - around the house + today managed to get out and post last Christmas parcels...Very difficult to get motivated after such an incredibly exhausting year...Enjoy relaxing...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 14, 2020
Yes...We Melburnians are very tired...I have morning sparks, but seem to get tired very easily for no particular reason...or so it seems...Motivation = fluctuates + low... Perhaps some of that has to do with more remote learning ahead... Hang in girl... We're tough... https://t.co/tnKuGcHMwE
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 4, 2020
After 3 days of online teaching 6 large classes of Years 7-10, I was wiped out...Huge amount of time spent checking that each student had a Google docs (linked with me) so I could view progress. English + Humanities programmes completely overhauled. Marking? Yet to be resolved.— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 19, 2020
