Connecting Minds to Learning

My name is Paul Nichols and I am very pleased to welcome you to my blog Connecting Minds to Learning. I grew up in a  small rural town in New South Wales, Australia and I currently live in Lausanne, Switzerland with my wife and son.

My family is the most important thing in my life. I also couldn’t live with out reading, music and walking in the mountains. I started this blog because I care deeply about connecting people together to improve learning for students. I hope that we can use this space to:

CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE -There are wonderful things happening classrooms all over the world. We need to celebrate and share excellent practices with one another so that we can reach more students.

INSPIRE ADVOCACY -Every person learns in a different way. It is as important to be creating classrooms that meet the learning needs of all students and to have our voices inform and influence education policymaking.

CREATE KNOWLEDGE -Using Web 2.0 technologies to build personal learning networks is an exciting and meaningful way to learn. I hope that the dialogue that occurs on this blog can help us create new knowledge, and action together.

I have been a primary school teacher and I currently provide professional development workshops for teachers in The United Kingdom, Australia and Switzerland. If you are interested in learning more about my work, please click here.

Please feel free to contact me by email, by skype, on facebook or on twitter:

Email:  paul.nichols@oakhill.ch

Twitter:  @pnichols10

Skype: paul.nichols