Is your curriculum harming your students?
What if I tell you that a big portion of what you believe to be true is false? Moreover, you teach your students these false “facts” and...
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Ortal Green
Feb 23, 20233 min read
It’s how your students cheat in front of your eyes
It was not what I expected to hear at all. I sat there, all surprised, while my brain raced in many directions. There were so many...
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Ortal Green
Feb 7, 20236 min read
The unbelievably easy way to become a better teacher today
What if I tell you there is a different approach to teaching that can- ✅ improve your student’s academic success ✅ develop their love of...
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Ortal Green
Feb 1, 20234 min read
Inspire your students and help them become change agents
I know you are in this profession for the kids. I know you entered teaching with the desire to be a role model for the young generation,...
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Ortal Green
Nov 25, 20223 min read
Teach Smarter, Not Harder: Boost Student Success and Reduce Your Stress
Teaching Methods I often speak at international conferences about the transformative power of Design Thinking in education. Backed by...
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Ortal Green
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Are You Part of the 90% Ready to Leave Teaching? There's a Better Way.
Great teachers transform students' lives. But with the current approach, preparing lessons for excellent teaching takes time our teachers...
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Ortal Green
Oct 28, 20222 min read
Are you still wasting your time and money on getting a degree?
Once upon a time, when I was a young woman, ready to join the workforce, I decided I wanted to work in IT. Back then, the key to getting...
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Ortal Green
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Are you solving the right problem?
Can you find a better problem to solve? Let’s face it. Most of us don’t like to have problems. Although problems are an integral part of...
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Ortal Green
Mar 24, 20223 min read
Stop talking about getting girls into STEM
There is a lot of noise about getting girls into STEM. I see lots of article about it and countless posts on social media. So if there is...
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Ortal Green
Feb 24, 20221 min read
A fruit makes all the difference
Do you love oranges? On a recent business trip to Sydney, I went to see the opera house, and it blew me away. This building has such...
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Ortal Green
Feb 10, 20222 min read
9-year-olds have more global responsibility than our politicians
As part of the Glittering Minds program for schools, a year 4 inquiry unit on - “Natural and Processed Materials”, turned into a Design...
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Ortal Green
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Glittering Minds at Oxford University
This week, Edithvale primary school, who is working with Glittering Minds for a few years now, has presented one of their Design Thinking...
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Ortal Green
May 27, 20211 min read
children understand their parents
Imagine you are telling your child to stop playing electronic games and the response you get is – I know you are not being mean now. I...
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Ortal Green
May 20, 20211 min read
Creating tomorrow's innovators
If you ask five-year old children what is Design Thinking, what would they say? This week, I had the pleasure of attending a foundation...
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Ortal Green
Mar 13, 20201 min read
Parliamentary Secretary for Schools Visits Glittering Minds
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Victoria’s Parliamentary Secretary for Schools, Mr. Tim Richardson, at one of Glittering Minds...
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Ortal Green
Mar 5, 20201 min read
7 years old perform data synthesis
Have you ever seen children as young as 7 years old performing data synthesis? Last week, we facilitated data synthesis sessions with...
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Ortal Green
Oct 5, 20191 min read
empathy at the heart of children
At Glittering Minds, it is important for us to measure the impact of our Human Centred Design for kids program on the students and...
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Ortal Green
Sep 24, 20191 min read
Human Centred design from a child's perspective
What do you think children will answer when asked what is Human Centred Design? Here are some answers from year 4 students – "A...
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Ortal Green
Sep 10, 20191 min read
Learning is child play
At Glittering Minds we believe children learn best by doing, and we don’t stop there. Children learn better when they learn in a highly...
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Ortal Green
Aug 2, 20191 min read
From solution focused to problem focused
What kind of thinking is required to solve a problem? As humans we love to solve problems. We love it so much that when we are given a...
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