rainbows on the wing...

So much like rainbows on the wing... Magical... ❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/yxbTKKi9Eq

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 24, 2020

Day 5 remote learning...

Day 5 remote learning-A-day. Fixed disgruntled wireless mouse (cantankerous keypad on school PC); fixed glitches in Zoom prep for P/T interviews next week; first 'no panic' when grocery shopping (https://t.co/TrRRrQf3Ui had masks); arvo-slept 3 hrs; catch-up school work tomorrow.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 24, 2020

Feel very guilty about how I have spent asynchronous learning day.
It is meant for catch-up...students and teachers catching up on work required.

I did attend a meeting at 8:15am for student wellbeing...
Then launched into fixing problems with school stuff...

And just had to get some more sleep...exhausted already and haven't slept well all week...

Intend to use tomorrow to 'make up for it'...

War of the Worlds landscape?...

I am currently watching Howard Overman's adaptation of 'War of the Worlds' - Thursday night series on SBS, Australia. Somehow your landscape in this scene seems the perfect setting for a dystopian sci-fi. Fantastic.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 23, 2020

The TV series was released in 2019. The film is set in contemporary France.

love-in-a-mist...

If ever a plant lives up to an alternative name...love-in-a-mist... this one does... Such a mystical view of the flower...
Just lovely... https://t.co/WCle7V7Vcp

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 23, 2020

human library...

DID YOU KNOW in some countries there are libraries where you can ′′ borrow ′′ a person, instead of a book.
Launched in Denmark, you can borrow a person for half an hour and hear their story. Tasmania has a permanent human library.https://t.co/PXkXSnWUxh pic.twitter.com/h6LLBVkOge

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 23, 2020

Again in Tasmania, the Hobart human library delivers diversity education workshops in schools and workplaces to address discrimination and bullying through the power of personal storytelling. https://t.co/FXH8JXgiK0

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 23, 2020

The human library in Launceston has been operating for 12 years.


City of Launceston community development and safety officer
Nathalie Servant is responsible for bringing the program to Tasmania.

More details in The Examiner - May 20, 2018

lavender and oats cake...

Day 4 - remote learning...busy again...But one beautiful moment began the day...1 student said she would take a break from studies by making a lavender+oats cake, go to creek nearby, meditate+give the cake to Nature in thanks for helping her stay calm at this strange time. ❤️❤️

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 23, 2020

In the midst of my never-ending stress
(school wanting more and more immediate data on struggling students),
I have to keep a focus on some beautiful moments...such as this one...

storm starlings...

There's a wonderful, vibrant energy, a sense of movement in this linocut. Swirls and waves and shadows... Stunning. https://t.co/12zmKPMzaJ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 22, 2020

The Little Red Caboose? and masks...

This is priceless...Someone read 'The Little Red Caboose' (Marian Potter) who always comes last + nobody cares... But hey...He made it up that damn hill...and stopped the train slipping backwards... https://t.co/ubLMdXCAeR

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 22, 2020

Day 3 remote learning...

Day 3 - remote learning...busy, busy all day yet again...but it flowed...ex-student dropped into 10English Google Meet - (bit naughty)...Said he missed my lessons (he had improved significantly this year)...Stayed minutes then left... I didn't report it... A precious thrill...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 22, 2020

So sad to see a student leave just when they are making commendable progress in a subject...But it is what it is...Loved this surprise today...

Day 2 remote learning...

Day 2-remote learning 2nd wave...ongoing online all day...literally...from 7:00am till 5:30pm...Students kept pace...That was good...but marking online Google doc workbooks =draining...+ PD after school re PT interviews...didn't work well...another go tomorrow at lunch...sighhh pic.twitter.com/V8KetfTwN5

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 21, 2020

Still trying to eat some lunch during PD after school today...Nothing seemed to work properly during the practice run...No one knew why... Some could hear and see the screen...others not...Some couldn't get into the meeting...I (as a practice parent) managed to get in and could hear and see the practice 'teacher interviewer', but lasted a couple of minutes and mysteriously booted out...Practice teacher could not hear or see me...Re-entered...booted out immediately...several times...So frustrating (I was getting upset about it...probably just tiredness) after a heavy day of remote learning... Found out afterwards, other teachers had similar problems...Maybe it will all right itself tomorrow...There goes lunch...again...