Victoria Stowers

Educator in the ACT with a passion for empowering students through positive change.

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

When you are beyond excited to create and share your work! Thanks Kath for a wonderful day showing how we can create activities that will enable our learners to transfer their skills in so many ways @marc_warwick @kjinquiry #ideasinthepipeline #mouldingourdispositions #<3inquiry

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

@gregt39 @marc_warwick @kjinquiry @edukate_S @ACTEducation @patrick_jacqui Making learning purposeful! Keep an eye out next week for some immediate changes

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

We don't just need to be knowledgeable but knowledge-able. #kathmurdoch #lifelonglearning #powerofinquiry

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

The farmer counted his sheep one night and counted 48. The second night he counted them again and got 48. The next night he was tired so he asked the sheep dog to count them.The dog came back and said there was 50. The farmer asked how did you get 50?! The dog said I rounded up!

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Some rules for teaching maths:
Experience before instruction
Give students time
Do not tell them where the ‘eggs’ are - let kids find the lightbulbs
Let students read the question for themselves
Start at the level that nearly all students don’t know what to do
Be passive

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Maths is about knowing and making connections and building relationships. Working on singular concepts without transformation of connections and concepts will not help children to learn maths for themselves

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

We need to have confused faces in order to have light bulb moments - Peter Sullivan

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Inquiry teachers give student voice, promote self-management and know when to be explicit to enable students to access new information and extend their thinking #bpsinquiry

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

School is about embracing diversity, preparedness for the future and to promote global citizens that can adapt to new ideas and ways of being #bpsinquiry

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Unpacking mathematical language is unpacking power. Developing maths vocab and comprehension is integral to elicit understanding #PANL

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Good teachers know when to ask questions to elicit understanding and identify student knowledge and learning #FA #PANL #Questionmasters

[George Couros @gcouros]

Discussed today..."Learner Driven, Evidence Informed" makes so much more sense. #InnovatorsMindset #IMMOOC

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Linking dominoes carriages, building pedagogical content knowledge and having fun! All aboard the PL train! @gregt39 @marc_warwick

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Critical thinking enables us to think with relevance, depth, fairness, logic, clarity and accuracy #HBEConfVIC #bonpsHB

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Elements of reasoning. How do you elicit critical thinking? #HBEconfVic #bonpsHB

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Promoting creativity using stimuli and scenarios #realworldcreativeproduction #HBEConfVIC #bonpsHB

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Which ones do you see in your students? In your school? #HBEConfVic #bonpsHB

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Creativity is a way of solving problems in new ways #cruxofSTEM #HBEConfVic #bonpsHB

[Victoria Stowers @Vicstowers]

Own the choice you make! @EliseCummins @AnnieMcAppion @thierck #HBEConfVIC #bonpsHB

[Elise Bahpyu @EliseCummins]

Which keys do you have? #HBEConfVic @AnnieMcAppion @Vicstowers