After the Bell with @educatinglaura

The blog I wrote in May 2020 calling Finding the Joy.

Starting to find my feet here in terms of what I am trying to communicate and how I can inspire my audience to find that love of learning again.

https://www.tutoringbylaura.com/blog/finding-the-joy

As I stated in my introduction ep, I would love to create more community and with the downloads ever increasing you're obviously listening so... I encourage you to contribute, don't just consume. Hope to hear more from you - @educatinglaura

My conversation with Amy and Josh, two current Year 12 students, made me feel like I was back in that Year 12 English class.

The language, the giggles and the opportunity to see the world through their eyes was so humbling as they navigate the uncertainty of learning remotely through a pandemic.

These kids truly are amazing in handling what has been thrown at them in a year society deems pivotal in their future paths.

My most recent blog - sorry going a little out of sequence, but felt it was relevant considering it was a reflection on what I have been learning amidst the month of podcasting.

Read it here.

I have come to really value this conversation because I truly don't think I look at the world quite the way I did after having it.

I chat to Bailey, co creator of the consious fashion brand Jonei The Label. She was a student at the school I taught at in Year 12 and I read many of her essays and loved her unique and wise viewpoints as a teen. 

She schools me on showing up as a younger woman, environmental impacts of the fashion industry and how to inject change by where we spend our money.

I know you'll enjoy this one.

The IGTV that sparks quite the conversation!

Here is the third blog I wrote

When we empower by letting go of our ego.

"Schools need to take risks"

"In Prep students arrive in the class with a clear idea of who they are, and this begins to disappate the longer they are at school."

In this episode I talk to my childhood friend, Kate. She is an experienced primary teacher and mother of four young children. She is honest, thoughtful and offers a very different perspective to education than the system I have been in at the secondary level.

I hope you love this conversation as much as I do.

So, I put out a question on my Instagram stories asking for requested content and I got this response loud and clear: How to study/learn and how to stay motivated while studying.

Here is my take on answering this question and hopefully support this community that is growing.

I discuss the idea of having a reward system, clear time boundaries as well as ways to identify how you learn and then strategies to engage with information in your preferred learning style.

This is the website I reference in the episode:

https://personalitymax.com/

Also, go to the Learning Style Support link toward the bottom of the Revision Tools + Study Materials page on my website to have a document to use with your classes, if you are a teacher, or just a reference for yourself as a learner.

Elliott Willis.

I had the privilege of chatting to this talented musician, who just happens to be completing Year 12 right now during isolation in Victoria - Australia.

I wrote a blog about losing touch with our younger selves as we age and this conversation was an important one for me. To hear the way the world is percieved through the eyes of this 17 year old is something that needs to be out in there right now, especially as these kids are the ones directly affected by learning through a screen.

As I stated, Elliott is launching his musical career and I already have his new track 'Here with me' on repeat! Hope you're adding it to your playlists too.

Where is Elliott Willis:

Triple J Unearthed

Instagram

Facebook

Spotify

Apple Music

Here is the second blog that I wrote in April 2020 read aloud.

LInk here:

Learning IRL

This episode is really important to me. It is a chat with a fellow teacher, Nat - in fact I would have labelled her my 'work wife' for a time.

We discuss all things learning, coming from very different backgrounds as students as well as what we believe the role of a teacher is at a fundamental level.

I know you will love this discussion.

Emsolation Conversation with Jamila Rizvi referenced in this chat.