Realistic
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? – Will Smith In my Y11 English class I do not have a single students targeted a C grade. At present, their writing is gradually …
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Student, colleague or personal successes.
Don’t get me started on Triptico
Every lesson is a learning opportunity for me. I am teaching new English curriculum materials again this year and must thank James Michie for the fantastic base materials for ‘Don’t Get Me Started.’ I say base materials, as I am …
Classdojo App
For those of you that occasionally drop by, you will know that I am a big fan of Classdojo. I’m not the only one, thousands of teachers worldwide have stumbled across this fantastic and free behaviour management tool and use it …
Leadership focused
You can do anything but not everything. David Allen Thinking about this David Allen quote and my role next year I know I will need to be acutely focused. Time is limited. [qr_code_display]
A Different Outlook
I understand that all your important life experience correspondences are connected to ‘that’ email address. Its flooded with spam, but your bare with it. It is most likely a sixteen something email complete with a nickname, an underscore and a favourite number (football_nut24@hotmail.com). …
Live web page plugin
LiveWeb, and officetimeline are free download plugins for Powerpoint. There are quite a few more, (plex / xpadder) but these two plugins I use quite regularly. Liveweb simple lets you insert a live website into your presentation, avoiding having to close the presentation and use …
Animation at a STEM Day
I am a big fan of animation work, on so many levels; the creativity, the storyboarding and sequencing, refining and adapting, to name the first few that spring to mind and I was really pleased to see an animation session …
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Games as education has always been a passion of mine. Where playing is the learning. It is really hard to get right but I really think Crayon Physics Deluxe has nailed it, although I appreciate I am not a Science specialist …