SUCCES
When everything else falls away, what sticks with you? Succes? No, it is not a basic spelling mistake, (although I have had a few of those in recent posts) but the sticky, Chip and Dan Heath, mnemonic that outlines how ideas (or good …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Learning Aims, Outcomes or Objectives
I am not keen to get into an aims, outcomes or objectives debate. I am not sure that I am too bothered which staff use, as long as the learning is framed, signposted or explored in some way and the …
Are your IWBs primarily overly sophisticated whiteboards?
Are your IWBs primarily overly sophisticated whiteboards? If yes, read on. Those of you that answered no, please re-read the question, I did hedge my bets with the inclusion of ‘primarily.’ If the answer is still no, you are on the …
Getting started, creatively
Writing is never a chore when students get to be creative. I wish that were true, for some students creative writing is the most daunting prospect on the planet. It is however a great task to set if you want …
Microsoft in education
This post was started on day 2 of BETT and finished on the train on the way home from BETT. I wanted a little time for my thoughts to ‘brew,’ to see if I held the same view a day of …
Time to think this one over
If you wouldn’t wake up early to do it, you probably shouldn’t stay up late to do it. Don’t stay up past your normal bedtime to do something that you wouldn’t be willing to wake up earlier than your normal …
Best of BETT
There seems to be an awful lot robotics on show here at BETT – from Lego to mechanics to these programmable funky fellas. Aldebaran Robotics Add to that, whole bunch of hardware (screens in particular, whiteboards a plenty), a …
BETT Show Day #1
Here we are at the start of day 2 reflecting on day 1. The Learn Live theatre was packed for BYOD, rammed for David Roger’s @davidErogers guerrilla geography and smiling warmly as Charlotte Beckhurst demonstrated how her Y1 primary class had …