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Schoolology: Worth Pursuing?
Again, while this has been recommended to me, my issue is that it requires a whole-school approach. Yes, it is effective. But it needs people-systems in place to use. Training to use it is essential, too. I remember PowerPoints of how to use redundant systems being...
Protected: Voicethread – A Different History
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Huntingenglish: A world-class blog
One of the very best teacher-led blogs currently reading can be found at http://www.huntingenglish.com/ Maintained by the personable Alex Quigley, it is a rigorous (yet personal) diary and noteboard about the trials and tribulations of being an English teacher. I have...
A suggest calendar for maintaining Accelerated Reader
May - Put all students onto Accelerated Reader so the new year 6s can be tested. Wait until appeals have occured. Email the excel spreadsheet to this address, or complete yoursrself with help-guide. June - Report that maps reading age to amount read. September At the...
At last! A way of syncing the Markbook with dropbox using an ipad.
For a long time I have tried to sync my markbook over several devices. Only dropbox has been robust enough to do so - it is well worth my subscription fee. The issue with syncing across a tablet is that excel often does not work. For me, on Android Kingsoft Office has...
Returning to ongoing programmes and projects – a wish with Wunderlist
One aspect of teaching English is the balance between planning and reacting. Sometimes I admit I envy rotation subjects whereby a series of lessons is refined: I know they envy my greater contact time (at times!). As a result conversations are often had about which...
Three recommended reading apps for i-pad
Speed-Reading Apps The recent publicity of speed-reading apps (and the recommendation of Mr England) made the astounding(ly dubious) claim that anyone can read War and Peace in nine hours or so. However, seeing as I spend an inordinate amount of time in Beijing...
Using Graphic Organisers to make meaning from poetry
To download the graphic organiser to do this work, click the following link: Showing how words interact in a poem To see examples of this completed, and to read some thoughts about completing this work, click the following...
HEART OF DARKNESS
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included...