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Expert Searching – ProQuest Education
I was at first, a little astonished by the number of databases offered by ProQuest. Obviously for the purpose of this blog I shall be using the Education database, however I am intrigued to return at a later date to explore the other databases. To demonstrate expert searching techniques using ProQuest Education, I shall be…
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Expert Searching – Social Media
Due to the nature of social media, I will limit my discussion of using it as tool for expert searching to just a couple searches per platform. The two social media platforms I will be using are Twitter and Pinterest. I have also decided to limit my search to basic terminology often used around inquiry…
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Fandoms!
You might be wondering, “what on earth is a fandom!” Well, you wouldn’t be the first to be confused. Actually, it wasn’t until last year that I fully understood what a ‘fandom’ was and was definitely shocked to realize that I could be called a very minor ‘fangirl’ myself (I do love my Harry Potter…
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Feedback can be scary
I recently experienced something in my learning that made me empathise with my students… Absolute confusion around something I was supposed to be learning about, followed by a sense of failure, melancholy, and general woe. How?! Well, I got my first assignment back from uni. Don’t worry, I passed, but just. Some of you might…
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Fight for survival
As a teacher I like to be up to date with what my students are reading and talking about. Over the past few years I have noticed an increase in the number of fictional novels being published that champion the idea of young people fighting against each other in the fight for survival. The novels…
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Final Reflection on Inquiry Learning
As I look back at my own journey throughout this semester I think I have only just begun to realize the full potential of inquiry learning and its place in 21st century learning. Compared to my initial posts, my first reflection, and the journey I have been on I think I have come a long…
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Finding your “people” in training
What many people don’t understand is who you train with can (and will) make or break your session. I want to share with you something that I only just realised for myself this year. If you want to succeed at training, and if you want to give yourself a reason to turn up to the…
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Finishing a Thesis
As some of you may know, I went back to university at the end of last year to study a second Masters of Education in Educational Research. I wanted to start a PhD, but discovered that I’d have to do a research Masters first. My first Masters of Education was a coursework Masters, meaning that…
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Google Scholar, what’s that?
Just as the regular Google does, Google Scholar allows users to access scholarly articles on their research topics. Much like Google, Google Scholar returns a number of resources relevant to the search. The advantage of using Google Scholar is that the results will more often than not be peer reviewed articles and scholarly journals. This…
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Holiday reflections
It’s no secret that 2017 was a massive year, but what I didn’t realise was how much stress this year has brought into my life. It wasn’t until I had left the country for my honeymoon that I realised just how much stress I had been carrying around with me all year. A very good…