The first 100,000 words: Writings on Education by a Teacher

The article covered two core elements, Cognitive Load Theory, the popular buzz word of the time and excellent work produced by the CESE Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, whose paper ‘Cognitive Load Theory: Research that teachers really need to understand’. Giving a clear summary of this theory and the range of effects within the theory, in a brief but precise manner. Then the article follows with a clear summary of how these theoretical ‘effects’ can and should be applied to test design in a more lengthy method that involved a wider range of considerations than CLT which is most often applied to task sheets and teachers direct instruction. This article as chosen for its brief and clear summary of Cognitive Load Theory and its neat connection to good test design made this article clear and meaningful. Teachers were asked to link theory to their practice and made a range of interesting connections to their teaching areas. There was a large focus on technolog...

On the topic of 'Who I am'   I am a teacher excited about supporting students and teachers around the world. I use technology, instructional video and assistive technology as much as I can to spread the word of education and how to improve the lives of students and teachers around the world. I am a proud educator, working at a Public, Government school in Melbourne Australia. I upload my educational content to YouTube and upload the worksheets, slides, PowerPoints and associated content to the link provided below:   Get in touch If there is a specific topic you would like discussed, get in touch, the quickest way is by tweeting at me on Twitter @steven_kolber, if you have a more formal or lengthy question or request seek me out at:  I run an academic teacher group that would love any new teachers, early, current or retired to join us in discussion. The links for this group (dubbed #edureading) can be viewed above at your leisure, get in contact if yo...

I made my own Professional website. I was motivated to do this by Barbara A. Zielonka who, like me, has far too many websites to fully keep track of neatly. It felt right at this stage of my career, where I am often overwhelmed and confounded by the many projects and things I willingly agree to, to take stock. To sort, to rank and to put into order the things that I regularly do. Especially those that are above and beyond my day-to-day work of being a teacher. A neat reflection of this kind came from a conversation I had with a Khmer teacher, director and leader, Sivuthy Ho, whom my wife and I were using as our translator and go-between for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) here in Cambodia for our work with Teachers Across Borders Australia. He was explaining the many things that he does, notably: 1) Is the Director of a school (what we would call a Principal) 2) Works at the Provincial of Education (PoE) in the planning department (the Australian equivale...