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 …

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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 …

Suffering and successful failures17 Dec ’24
It is a well rehearsed narrative, that we learn, gain, benefit more from our loses than from our triumphs. More from adversity than from our easy successes. Loses, adversity, often serves as the crucible in which our triumphs and our successes are forged. Matthew McConaughey …
Unresolvable problems16 Dec ’24
This was an unfinished post I first drafted six months ago when I was still in education as a Deputy Headteacher. Funnily enough, it is as relevant to my new role as COO and so I looked to finish and post it. It is certainly …
Dump Your To-Do List, Write Your To-Be List29 Nov ’24
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often find ourselves buried under an avalanche of to-do lists. These lists, while seemingly helpful, can sometimes become the very a source of stress and worry they were designed to overcome. But what if there …
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 …