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Using Wunderlist as a planning tool for teachers
One principle behind anything I write about here is to free up more time to have a life, as rigorous planning and teaching can eat up any free time you might have. I often think that time management is an unspoken skill that is essential in teaching (what with PGCE...
Enhancing Exit Questions with Evernote Recording
Exit Questions give you an impression of the students who are inclined to repeat the content of the lesson, and those who wish to take it further. An esteemed colleague, now Deputy Head, introduced me to how they can be effectively managed, both pragmatically...
Revision Task 11th May KS4
Write at least five paragraphs of analysis for a literary based essay. Use at least three types of analysis, including connotational and technique-based analysis.
Talking about Ideology vs Talking about Practical Ideas – a few breakthought thoughts
A few conversations this year have been had on the difference between stating ideology to improve, and on sharing practical ideas to improve. Of course, both form each other, and the ideology filters the nature of commentary that improves the practical ideas....
Teachers Talking about Teaching
http://www.huntingenglish.com/2014/01/17/teachers-talking-teaching/ Teachers talk about teaching because it is a people job. One of the reasons why I write this blog is because it does not feel like work. Work, for me, is what you have to do when you do not want to do...
File Formats: A few thoughts for writing
I was born of the days when the Amiga was king. I remember writing homework on floppy disks, and of how frequently they failed. When my mother took an MA, her disk failed. It lost months of work completed in the spare time found around raising a family. I have often...
Three useful websites to support creative writing
Below is an email to a colleague about creative writing websites. Here are some websites that you might find useful: http://education-portal.com/articles/25_Helpful_Websites_for_Creative_Writers.html - more of one to help writing than publication....
An introduction to two rubric-making websites
Recently I spoke to a colleague in our primary school about rubrics, and was directed to two websites. Both have limitations, but might prove useful to teachers who are considering including rubric-based marking in their practice. The first website, Rubistar, is...
Google Filter Bubbles, Triviality and Connotations: Analysing for iGCSE
At the moment I am finalising some of my formula for analysis that allow students to engage in the highest levels of grading (at GCSE and iGCSE at least). My career has seen me achieve value-added in my classes every year. That means that overall my students achieve...
Online marking from other sources
I have written often about how feedback helps students. It does not always happen though. Diagnostic marking can be time consuming and, without a culture of value for it, can have a blunt effect. In the face of this, there are some places where you can apparently have...