As an introvert, I didn’t think that I would miss the hustle and bustle that goes on in the Science Office back in New Zealand. During my time on JET, however, I have come to realise how I had taken for granted the chance to just be able to ask a question and immediately get…
Category: Teacher
JET Reflection 6: My School
Now, obviously, I’m not going to name the school that I am teaching at but I will describe it for you because it is like I’m working in an anime. You know the things that high schools in anime have? Well, the school I’m teaching at has it all!
JET Reflection 2: Day in the life of
ESID. If you have been on JET or are going on JET then this will be familiar to you. Every Situation Is Different So my day is by no means a standard day on JET but it will hopefully give you an idea of how things can go.
JET Reflection 1: How is it going?
Sorry peeps, I know its been a while but its because I’ve been busy living in the biggest city in the world, Tokyo!
Why do I teach?
Today I’m going to share a recent anecdote from a lesson in a new topic I’m trialing in my junior science class. The topic is referred to as the Pūtaiao Passion Project and has the aim of showing students that there is science everywhere around us. The first couple of lessons of the topic are…
Isolation day 18: How to Loom
I have been preparing for term two to begin on Wednesday next week and have been trying out new ways of teaching that I hadn’t bothered with before. I have found that Loom, which is a screen and audio recording app, has become my preferred method of content delivery. It does take a bit of…
Eclectic Hobbies 