Thanks to everyone who checked out the first response to the #threequestionsEDU series from Andy Buck. I always enjoy reading the writing of others and I hope you find the responses interesting. Please respond in the comments and share what you think. If you’d like to respond to the questions,…
I’m looking forward to the #threequestionsEDU series of posts. I always enjoy reading the writing of others and I hope you find the responses interesting. Please respond in the comments and share what you think. If you’d like to respond to the questions, please read this post first. Kicking off…
A part of the work a good school does is check that the processes and systems are being consistently applied. One way that many schools do this is via a trawl through student / pupil books. Collating all that information into one space using paper based methods is laborious and…
We all do it. The start of a new academic year, particularly if you’re starting a role in a new school, is a chance for everyone to wipe the slate clean. Get their house in order. Plan for things to go better this year. Prepare ourselves for new curricula or…
So often we want to find images to use in our everyday work. Google images doesn’t really provide the answers when it comes to high quality CC free images. Digital citizenship is high on the agenda for pupils and students but equally so for teachers too. In this post I’ll…
You may have seen in the news recently that Ofsted’s Amanda Spielman commented that an ““over-cautious culture has developed in our schools”. She went on to say that this “deprives children of rewarding experiences, of the opportunity to develop resilience and grit and which makes it hard for them to cope…
I love a good book. I like Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dan Brown and more. I’m not talking here though about crime novels. I’m talking about a good exercise book. I was lucky enough to do a few ‘book looks’ recently and I wanted to write about them here. As the…
There are lots of ways in which you can influence a positive environment in your school. Whether you are teacher, middle leader or SLT; there are common things that you can do to make your workplace more positive for you and for those you work with whether it’s colleagues or…
Apple Clips has landed and it does what all successful edtech does, it makes showing learning simple. It has a low entry point in terms of technical ability required to use it but is hugely scalable in terms of the depth of knowledge being shown as I’ll demonstrate later. [tweetable alt=””]I can…
I’ve been watching the Divergent film series again recently. If you haven’t seen them, they’re pretty good! They are based upon a series of books by Veronica Roth. The books are set in and around a futuristic post-apocalyptic Chicago where the citizens have been divided into 5 different social and personality-related…
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