Mashup Poetry
The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond was our focus for 2 weeks. We read, watched and storyboard the poem, with a collection of staged photographs taken by the students available for students to use on the VLE. Over half term, the …
Teaching
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PBS
The education landscape is broad. Imagine watching a colleague (Chris Lehmann) you have only ever conversed with via Twitter being interviewed on a US documentary, recommended via a Social Bookmark and then, being able to share programme with you here? …
Teach Understanding not Facts
You can forget facts, but you cannot forget understanding. @eric_mazur This is the first time I have referenced a quote to a Twitter ID – but at the point at which I read it, it had been RT (Retweeted) by …
FoldingStory
We used to play this simple English game where stories would be written one line at a time, with only the previous line or two lines available for your inspiration and continuity. With each new line added, a fold hides the previous, resulting in …
MS WORD Tip
Having supported students typing up coursework, I was a little surprised at the lengths they went to, to edit their documents. Here are the most common editing tips I shared with them. Do you have any to add? CTRL ENTER – new …
Change the Language Settings
Here is a very simple, but fun way to integrate language skills into your students everyday lives came from an incidental tweet from a RT from a colleague. @gideonwilliams: RT @karencymru: Son had changed commentary on FIFA11 to German to help …
Year 7 Flipped
I don’t mean the class got angry…. this was my first attempt at reverse instruction. Year 7 are reading the Ballad of Charlotte Dymond. We had covered the background to the case in small groups through a jigsawed approach, presenting …
Reverse Instruction – See things differently
Reverse Instruction is an innovative instructional strategy that was originally used by chemistry teachers Aaron Sams and Jon Bergman. The basic idea involves having students watch recorded lectures at home and working on homework assignments at school and has more …