Research Conversations Online Conference 2021 is tomorrow! Our Keynote Speaker Dr Julie McGonigle will be speaking about the significance of Cognitive Load Theory and sharing an interview with Professor John Sweller. Use the hashtag #ResCon21 to follow the conference on Twitter.

It was great to be a part of the conference. Glad I could contribute! Looking forward to #ResCon22

This Moment in Education Is Demanding. To Move the Field Forward, We Must Support Educators in Three Key Ways. Not sure it’s been a crisis: just harder than usual. We’ve learned a lot. flip.it/e90KSX

An important perspective to have in the classroom…

We are on the brink of losing Indigenous languages in Australia – could schools save them? via The Conversation Africa theconversation.com/we-are-on-the-…

No wonder no one wants to be a teacher: world-first study looks at 65,000 news articles about Australian teachers theconversation.com/no-wonder-no-o… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Delighted to have had the opportunity to speak today about the use of home languages in the classroom, in and amongst an interesting and varied conference program! Shoutout to Sarah Clifton, and her team, for a great conference!!

DHUPUMA BARKER// Please enjoy this wonderful dance video production of the Indigenous Outreach Hip Hop Program featuring the Dhupuma Barker students along with two other primary schools in NE Arnhem, that was produced last Term. WATCH - youtu.be/Z-to0Q5GWpI #WeAreBarker

Celebrating Barker College's first coeducational PYP exhibition! Great to see so many wonderful, independent, globally minded critical thinkers at work - some of whom are a part of our Barker Journey longitudinal study! Congratulations to all involved. youtu.be/r08MdrzutQA

Why Schools Don't Innovate, and What Leaders Can Do To Change It. anelson.org/2018/08/29/why…

Delighted to be checking the proofs of the Barker Institute journal as the editorial team pulls together this year’s volume. Great contributions from fantastic Barker College colleagues.

Three of Barker’s students have claimed first-in-course awards. We extend congratulations to Joanna who led the state in Modern History, Tom who topped Legal Studies and Charlie who took home first in Latin Extension. #WeAreBarker

After all the disruption to #education that has been talked about recently, there’s more on the way, it would seem. Microsoft in talks to invest $10 bln in ChatGPT-owner OpenAI, Semafor reports reuters.com/technology/mic… Imagine the Microsoft Office suite with ChatGPT embedded…

And a further disruption to Microsoft investing…. OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot • TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/ope…

Plurilingual parenting: why many experts think families who speak multiple languages should just go with the flow via The Conversation theconversation.com/plurilingual-p…

And made it! End of a four week Travelling Fellowship, thanks to Barker College. Presenting on the first four years of Barker Institute’s ongoing, 10 year longitudinal study #ECISLeadership2023

And that’s a wrap! Finished my Travelling Fellowship by presenting on the Barker Institute longitudinal study I’m working on with Matt Hill to the @ECISchools Leadership Conference. It was great to share where we are up to with this project. And now the trek back to Australia!

We are thrilled that former Barker College School Captain, Dr Nat Ware (’06) is back for a conversation about economic and entrepreneurial solutions to global problems. You are warmly invited to attend! Please head to bit.ly/BarkerNatWare to register.

Great to be sharing about our longitudinal project, The Barker Journey, at the SACS Learn Research Conversations conference in October. Barker College Phillip Heath