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Edwin Bruce

@edwinbruce

Teacher, Technologist (computing)

 Wellington, New Zealand
Joined April 2009
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Meta muse and smart glasses – concerns in school?

Meta muse and smart glasses – concerns in school?

AI-enabled devices such as smart glasses and Meta’s Muse Charm can incorporate cameras, and microphones (Yay!) allowing them to record and process what a student sees and hears. For schools, these …

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Place based education outside the classroom

Place based education outside the classroom

Place-based education outside the classroom. Our Year 13 Understanding Religion class visited the Cambodian Buddhist Temple in Island Bay, the Hindu Mandir in Kilbirnie, the Islamic Education Centr…

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Exam readiness

School exam time. This is both a derived grade exam (grade allocated if formal exam missed) and the opportunity for students to benchmark their readiness to take an external exam. Over the exam per…

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Teach to the test…

Teach to the test…

I asked Chat to predict the NZQA questions for a Level 2 Inflation exam 2026. The advice I received included the following. Food for thought. … If I were preparing your class I would concentr…

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Operational costs associated with cycle lanes

I wonder how much we (ratepayers) will spend on repairs to the cycle lane bollards that get sheared of at the base each year, almost certainly by cars. Do we even need the bollards? Is the concrete…

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30% plus late each day

30% plus late each day

Pink slips are late slips – so far. Variety of reasons, some valid, but at least 30% late for Session 1 is quite significant. Lost learning for late student, constant interruptions to others …

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Next year will be interesting…

Next year will be interesting…

I currently teach two semesters of Financial Literacy. It seems likely that I will be required to teach History, Geography, Commerce, and Economics next year under the umbrella subject of Social St…

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Tools of the Trade

Tools of the Trade

Apart from the usual digital tools of the trade there are a few other tools of the trade that I consider essential. (Essential is anything I would buy myself if the school did not.) Decent whiteboa…

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A Communication Challenge

A Communication Challenge

Many teachers recognise educational vocab commonly used in Te Reo Māori. However, parents come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Some have a strong understanding of Te Reo Māori, while others hav…

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Are Schools Building Attendance or Burning Relationship Capital?

Are Schools Building Attendance or Burning Relationship Capital?

Few people would argue that attendance is unimportant. Students who attend school regularly are more likely to achieve academically, develop strong relationships, and leave school with better oppor…

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New world and TV1 apps deployments are disappointing

New world and TV1 apps deployments are disappointing

Hall of Shame: TVNZ updates its app and suddenly older TVs are no longer work for it. Meanwhile, the TV3 app continues to work just fine. I have no desire to replace a perfectly good TV simply beca…

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“Everyone else does” argument for poor security

“Everyone else does” argument for poor security

Against the backdrop of the Canvas security breach (275 million student records), I have recently been completing a Privacy Impact Assessment (lite) for an application that would be valuable for se…

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Digital divide getting wider

Digital divide getting wider

I Was getting a quote for a kitchen refurbishment, and when it came to colours, who wants to look at just samples? We assume the tradesperson will simply use a tool — likely AI — to generate realis…

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Nobody can hide behind a mini whiteboard

Nobody can hide behind a mini whiteboard

Source: student at WEGC I have just started using mini whiteboards as a quick way to see what students know, check understanding, and gain insight into their thinking. Each student has a mini white…

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Wild weather – students working from home (or not)

Wild weather – students working from home (or not)

Many Schools in Wellington are shut today. My college has let parents and students know that students are working from home. I am not convinced schools needed to be shut, its a fairly average storm…

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Back to bikes

Nothing to do with current petrol prices… I purchased a motorbike a few weeks ago, largely as a commute to work. So far, so good—I can even use the bus lanes (unless it’s a Bus Only lane). It’s bee…

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Starting to wonder what the role of a teacher is…

Starting to wonder what the role of a teacher is…

It seems teachers are to bear the brunt of the government initiative to improve attendance. Absences and even sufficient numbers of class lateness will require phone calls home. What’s a conv…

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Probate and productivity part 2

Probate and productivity part 2

Following on from As it turns out the probate process is even worse than I thought. Having dropped the probate at the High Court by hand I was advised that it had gone missing despite an “ext…

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Explain no real me for MSD?

“Sign-in to MyMSD using RealMe is currently unavailable. You can still login using your client number and PIN. If you usually login using RealMe, you need to re-register for MyMSD using your …

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