Spelling Tests
Now this is as good as it gets this week. Spelling tests. With the aim of keeping it all within the VLE, of course. In our case Moodle. I really like the look and feel of Microsoft Education Labs flashcards. …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Office Web Apps
With our school clearly focused on moving to Web Apps, I have been keen to learn the product roadmap. But lets face it, I am such a small fry, who is going to tell me? However, the good news is …
FreeRice Ideas
So, last Thursday Friday I introduced 4 student groups to the BETA 2.0 Version Freerice.com using the site as a lesson transition task. I created 4 class groups and set them off. Over the weekend I did a little research, …
BBC Two School Season
Adverts, online articles and now short iPlayer clips the bell is ringing loud and clear for a major BBC2 season focusing on education. Two programmes caught my attention; Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys Monday, 20.09.10 21:00 on BBC Two …
FreeRice 2.0
Moving to the English Department this academic year I was looking for a range of English learning activities, spelling tools and edugames to provide transition activities at the start or end of the lesson. This ‘need’ brought me back to …
Not All Issues Need Straightening Out
Life is curly. Don’t try to straighten it out. Follow my first meeting with as middle leader, as a senior leader I was able to use some of the basic ideas and tips I had highlighted from my summer reading …
Be Wary of our own Importance
A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be. If children have interest, then education happens. I personally admire Professor Sugata Mitra faith in learners, the learning process and his conceptual capacity. As teachers, most of us …
Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning
Just another reason why the skill of learning, unlearning, and relearning is so important in this fast pace digital world. Jeff Utecht We need to rethink how we teach search skills to kids We need to reteach search skills to …