Funny Money
I am a big fan of Classdojo – it is my goto behaviour management tool but that doesn’t restrain my magpie tendencies when good ideas cross my eye-line. Two colleagues were talking ‘business studies’ and how to encourage students to …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Proving pupil progress with Triptico
This week I used a simple Triptico background and asked students to show their confidence on our latest topic. At the start of the lesson the students scattered their names around the middle, well, it was our third lesson. At …
Plussing
Somwhere between the creative genius of Walt Disney and Pixar Studios is the idea of ‘plussing.’ It is a powerful way to critique work and move it on. A way to quickly reveal and expose the failings of an idea, a …
More than teachers…
Raising aspirations is easy said than done but I work with some amazingly dedicated staff who go the extra mile. In fact one of my colleagues brought in not one but two inspirational speakers last week and the impact was there for …
High drama with Skype idea
Here an idea. It comes from reading about Skype a Viking and thinking about ways to make English learning exciting. So here’s the idea, the GCSE drama pupils have to learn and prepare to act out a particular role, let’s …
Wikipedia to e-book
This is a great mash for iBooks, wikipedia and epub formats. So, basically, you can now export a selection of Wikipedia pages as EPUBs which is a much better format for reading offline, on the go, on mobile phones, ebook readers …
Realistic
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? – Will Smith In my Y11 English class I do not have a single students targeted a C grade. At present, their writing is gradually …
Don’t get me started on Triptico
Every lesson is a learning opportunity for me. I am teaching new English curriculum materials again this year and must thank James Michie for the fantastic base materials for ‘Don’t Get Me Started.’ I say base materials, as I am …