LftM – Leading Style
I am at my second sitting on the NCSL ViewPoints learning activity, designed to help me discover my own personal style. No surprise that I came out as a divergent thinker, but I was pleased that my prediction was accurate. …
OCR Smilies
Having marked over 70 assignments over the Christmas break, with one set of classmarking covering two assessment outcomes, I was able to make good use of my smilies stamp , rewarding students working at or beyond their target grades. This reminded me …
Perils of Innovation
As I move into the new year, I am aware that my role in our school has changed evolved over the past 18 months in particular, moving from middle leadership to whole school IT and ICT. Within this role, our Headteacher …
School Closed.
Tonight at 22:30 I posted that Hamble Community Sports College would be closed tomorrow (Wednesday 6th) in 3 different places on our website. Updates to follow daily. It was very quick, I simply turn the front page off, turned school …
Lie to Me – CPD for teachers?
‘Lie to Me* ‘ is an Fox tv series that my wife and I stumbled upon on Sky 1 and its now considered an essential viewing– CPD. Well CPD for me but perhaps not for her, she is an accountant. Well maybe …
DFSI
DFSI? Simply, Dashboards for School Improvement is a new service which provides tailored assessment intelligence capabilities to schools, through the construction and implementation of bespoke dashboard solutions. These interactive dashboards can be linked to live assessment data, providing up to …
Forgotten Forms
AFL Radio Buttons and Drop Downs – the forgotten forms – and the time to write a post! The much maligned ‘Assessment for Learning.’ Every student is expected to reflect on their learning and take responsibility for the quality of …
Best of…
Half way into December, the best of 2009 articles are already regular titles in the RSS reader. Best free apps, best platforms, biggest failures, you know the drill. I think reviewing these documents often throws up stories, apps and tools …