Introduction

Kia ora and welcome to my new blog!

My name is Simone Bailey and I am a secondary teacher at a high school in Christchurch. I am in my fourth year of teaching and have almost completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Education endorsed in e-Learning and Digital Technologies through the University of Canterbury. I completed a Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University and then did my Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Secondary) at the University of Canterbury.

My main subject specialisation is Classical Studies and I am very passionate about it! I have been fortunate enough to take students to Europe to further their love of Classics and History.

Turkey, 2014 © Simone Bailey

I have set up this blog as a record of my professional development, reflection and for the course requirements of EDEM630. I decided to use Blogger because it is connected to Google and I am familiar with Google products from a personal and pedagogical framework. Prior to using Blogger I have had some experience with blogging using MyPortfolio and Interlead for appraisal and meeting the RTC. Setting up a blog on Blogger was a lot easier than I thought! I found the online tutorials helpful when setting it up, and this made it straight forward. My advice for first-time bloggers is just to go for it! I tend to learn best by doing, so diving in headfirst works well.