eal – Edventures

Rewordify

Kristian Still 26 Jun ’21 26 Jun ’21

This week and weekend has been all about vocabulary: acquisition, retention, comprehension, etymology, morphology, phonemic awareness. A conversation on word class and word meaning with teacher and author Dan Smith (@teach_smith) led to the signposting of Rewordify. With Paul Kirschner …

TeachingLeave a comment

Communication – EAL

Kristian Still 7 Dec ’19 7 Dec ’19

The in-ear, TimeKettle WT2 ear-buds, inspired by the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s Babel Fish, featured on “Reggie in China” recently retail on Amazon at circa £250. Two ear-buds, designed to share for one-to-one conversations, these devices supports 36 languages …

I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …
No rescuing3 Nov ’24
Do not do for someone, that they can do for themselves. This is a life, teaching, leading, parental sentiment or wisdom that I have long held important. It sits along side the notion of “no rescuing.” This is the focus on this post and thinking. …
Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …