Self assessment with NAPE
A teacher (at least I think it was a teacher) posted a photo of an AFL poster on Twitter. You ‘like’ it, so you save it, store it, bookmark it, tag or flag it. Sadly, far too often one’s cup over …
Office 365 first look
First, I want to thank @anthonynneke at Microsft, for all his support getting us to the starting. Nothing is ever too much trouble for Anthony. Plus extra Twitter chip-ins from @SeanOfTheNorth (Microsoft Business Manager for Schools North) and @jamesbmarshall The @Office365 Education guy at …
Live poetry production
After recapping our OARSIM acronym, the class are exploring and writing poetry with Concrete Poetry lets you choose or draw a picture on the screen, then drag and drop the words to fill in it that the tool gives you. …
Roaring success
Word Tamer is an interactive flash-based website where you “tame words and train stories.” It is quite literally a carnival of literary adventures. The site helps students create and develop new writing possibilities along the usual lines but with added verve …
Making good better
Leadership coaching – yesterday morning and later that s afternoon, I was able to benefit from not one but two fast paced, frank and insightful leadership coaching session with Tony Stephens. Tony doesn’t mix his metaphors, or talk in edubabble. It plan …
Two free tools
Two free tools. If you use and love the ‘5 minute planner,’ keep an eye out for the 5 period, 5 minute (or should that now read 25 minute day planner) planner and follow @dandesignthink while you are at it. Dan’s a very …
Drive to the finish line #2
Hard Facts An afternoon crunching numbers on the Office for National Statistics gives you the hard facts of the value of GCSEs qualifications. Based on hourly pay differences, year differences and an inflated 50 year work life, examples were contextualised and …