Speaking and listening is the cornerstone of any classroom (and if not, why not?!) but how can technology help with oracy? Activities such as role-play, debate, discussion, and dialogue are all great ways to promote oracy in the classroom but how can technology help? Well, you’ll be pleased to learn…
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I'll pre-empt this post by saying, every school that I visit is special. I am very fortunate to have the job I have. Last week was one of the most amazing weeks of my career when I got to travel across the UK to visit schools on the Edtech 50…
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Being a form tutor is one of the most rewarding parts of the job of being a teacher. You'll have allsorts of characters thrown at you in the course of your teaching career. When you go back to school this year who will you be confronted with. Will it be…
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Back in 2015 I got through to the final of the UK Blog Awards in the Education section and I only went and won it! This year however I am one of the judges - eek! I haven't received the rules and regulations yet but I'm sure they will be…
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The popular plugin for Wordpress, Jetpack, has helpfully compiled some stats on my blog for 2015. In addition to many nominations for best blog and also winning the UK Blog Awards Education blog of the year, there are some interesting stats (at least I find them interesting) too. My continued…
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It always amazes me the impact that blogging has. I met someone today, @ComptonAndy, at the Apple RTC conference near Birmingham. He said something to me along the lines of... "are you Mark Anderson of Twitter fame?" Crazy. But is it? I'm always bowled over by the positive comments from…
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Friday 17 April 2015 saw the UK Blog Awards take place in Marble Arch, London. It was a plush affair from all accounts. I wasn't able to make it as I was working in Istanbul at the #EdtechIST conference. The process to making it through to the finals was quite…
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It's that time of year again. It is staggering that this is the 11th Edublog awards. So much learning and sharing has taken place over those 11 years in the education community. I learn so much on a daily basis from all of the brilliant teaching professionals who share their practice.…
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