Michael Watt

2nd-year pre-service teacher, studying at the Australian Catholic University.

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

@JacktJensen99 A beautiful moment!

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

#acuedu_p #comm140

[Andrew Morrish @AndrewDMorrish]

*NEW* #blog post. One I never wanted to write.

A girl like Daisy. https://t.co/YW6djtrsbu

[Lana O'Reilly @shimmerteach]

As a Kindergarten team we took photos in our rooms of an area we love and an area we dislike. My teaching partner chose this bird centre as her favourite. She loves that the children can experience the life cycle of birds and show empathy for them through these materials.

[Tiffany Hindermeier @THindermeier]

Oohhhhh going to do this tomorrow!! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

@Shy_Sahariv I really liked the Sheffield gratitude wall, and the fact that darker aspects of gratitude are talked about like how ingratitude can be developed through negative experience (trauma, abuse), and how the importance of mental health accessibility is mentioned at the end.

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

@MrLUnwin @TweetingtoTeach @ellynedu Much love straight back to you and your family too, Liam ♥️. Good luck on the POLS essay.

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

Babysitting a pre-school child having trouble understanding relational math - what’s bigger and smaller out of certain objects. Parents asked me for advice. I thought about it and tested visual, varied, concrete representation of the concepts, inspired by @eriksonmath. #acuedu_p

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

Young people who voted and volunteered tended to be better off years later—in multiple ways https://t.co/cxpu8zdwmH

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

From Kurzgesagt, a great YT channel. They talk about how "surroundings that are aesthetically pleasing to us can improve our wellbeing, our behaviour, cognitive function, and mood". Applied to a school context, a classroom's looks matter.
https://t.co/mekvU5lpHQ … #ACUedu_p

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

My room leader at my ELC has been away the past weeks so I've done documentation. Been using @StoryparkApp to make parents weekly updates. I love looking at my children's play, thinking about their learning and how they're developing, and writing about it for parents. #ACUedu_p

[Thoughts of Dog @dog_feelings]

if your day didn’t go well. that’s perfectly fine. because now you get to dream. and who knows what could happen. i hope i dream i’m a penguin. so i can zoom on my belly

[early play @earlyplay]

I don’t know about you, but when I was a child I liked to make mud pies, walk around barefoot and climb any tree I could find. ~ Alexandra Du Toit

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

This is something I’ve thought about a lot while working as an early childhood educator. There are different kinds of fatigue: physical and mental types are often thought of. However I’ve definitely seen coworkers experience, and myself felt, empathy fatigue too. #ACUedu_p

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

"Empathy fatigue" is real, research shows—and those in certain professions are more likely to deplete their supply of compassion https://t.co/uRQSjaFq09

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

Sending out a retweet of another great post by @eriksonmath on subitizing. They are probably my favourite twitter follow because they're a gold mine for practical ideas on helping young children learn math - a topic i have wondered about for a long time. #acuedu_p

[Erikson Early Math @eriksonmath]

SUBITIZING: We all do it every day. And it is something that children develop early. Are there things teachers and parents can do to hone that skill? Here are ideas about subitizing: https://t.co/LsAX4lKLqM

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

Here's a great blog post on the importance of play in early childhood settings, something which I'm passionate about.
https://t.co/bLUVR1eN7U #acuedu_p

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

The article we looked at in COMM140 tonight prompted us to think about what the consequences can be of sharing information online. Specifically, when does the ethical good of revealing illegal information outweigh the responsibility of keeping it private?
#acuedu_p #comm140

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

🤔🤔🤔🤔 @BruceFerrington

[Erikson Early Math @eriksonmath]

The division symbol, ÷, is just a blank fraction with dots replacing the numbers.
#ShowerThoughts

[Michael Watt @MichaelBWatt]

@Shy_ACU The behaviourist way of changing behaviour through punishment (detention) doesn't address why a student is acting out. This mediation alternative I'm happy to see as it addresses thoughts, feelings and behaviours, all of which are tightly linked and important for self-regulation.

[SFTA @SFTA_WI]

DAP RECAP: Check this out! A simple activity with tubes and balls helps toddlers learn an early math concept of comparison, and an early science concept of simple machinery! Plus, it's pretty... https://t.co/eomVQarFnC