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Blog Posts that Challenge
I read three blogs on a fairly regular basis that I recommend that you do too. They are written by three teachers who are connected to people that I know (and have played football with!), yet I would not know them personally. The first is by a head teacher called John...
Apps for School Part 1
I recommend a variety of apps to aid study (and teaching). Websites like tech4teachers.com are wonderful for discovering new apps. Those below, however, are the ones I personally recommend for now: Sleep as Android: Useful for being fit and healthy. Alarms at smart...
Some thoughts from a student
Talking with an excellent student today, we considered the nature of cultural capital. From nationalism to Nyan Cat, much was debated. We ended up seeing a typography of a skeleton. The question was asked, "is that poem?" This is his response: Everyday there are...
Learning Words vs Learning Techniques for Understanding Words
Recently I enjoyed some EAL training that spoke about the importance of teaching students techniques of inferring the meaning of vocabulary rather than teaching key-words. My response was: a) How does a teacher go about this in the mainstream classroom? b) What kind...
Great Learning or Best Learning?
Recently I wrote in my book that I want to cancel the idea of 'best' work and have the idea of 'great' work. The distinction is not just semantic. Best implies something that is only attainable by some, and something that requires repeated practice and refining (and...
Asynchronous Diagnostic Marking/Feedback December 2013
And so for a month select students have been responding to the diagnostic feedback with some success. Points of note are: 1) One student improved a paragraph of analysis over an hour in an evening From a low d to a b plus. They, as I, were clearly engaged in other...
Guiding all students to achieve – Connotation Circles
As I have written about recently, I believe that guiding all students to achieve the highest grades reflects the growth mindset behind the most success schools. Even Simon Cowell ascribes to it, albeit with criticisms (google him!). For me, Connotation Circles are a...
The evolution of a VLE
VLEs have been a form of vexation for digital champions here and beyond. Often such entities struggle because they are sold as commercial entities that claim to replace the functional Windows interface with something slower, clunkier and less reliable. For more money....
Journals in Class
It should be clear that I enjoy writing. My students have been producing writing for homework. The proviso behind this is that they develop themselves as writers. Quite how to do this is easier said than done. Writing is inherently a tricky medium. Effective,...
One way to vary the Rhythm of Lessons: The Full English by Julie Blake
Teachers, when first stepping into a new classroom, used to find an empty collection of cupboards, perhaps with a single ruler and pencil that sought to challenge the new incumbent to find their own resources. Operating on persona, such teaching characterised a time...