I always remember looking forward to getting some gained time once my Year 11s and 13s had gone. Making the most of that time though is always a difficult thing to do. Something always seemed to get in the way. Whether it was other people asking you of your time…
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PowerPoint. It is much maligned and certainly has its place in the education world. Even advances with Apple's Keynote with Keynote in the cloud are a step forward, however, I would argue that we as educators should seek to set a higher bar on the way we present materials. Subjects…
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The more I learn as a grown up, the less I know that I know. There are vast bodies of knowledge out there that I have not had contact with and really could probably avoid in my day to day life. So why shouldn't I? It would certainly be easier.…
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Thanks to Ross Morrison-McGill I hosted #SLTChat last week. In the run up I made a few posters to get people voting on related topics from the poll. You can view these below. Thanks too to all of the brilliant people who took part, contributed and fed in to the…
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There are many different blogs out there and some people such as @headguruteacher, @learningspy that get hundreds, even thousands of hits every day. These types of blogs are great and help move thinking forward on lots of different levels. Don't be phased though. Most of us have started our blogging…
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There doesn't really seem to be a clear common consensus as to whether a Twitter PLN should be a professional or a personal learning network. Certainly I think it should probably be a bit of both. Also, as when dealing with all social media, you should be mindful of your…
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We all work in a very pressured world. There are so many stake holders in education, that showing appreciation is rarely at the top of the list for any teacher. Well, it should be, and is at the heart of building positive relationships. Here are my top five hints…
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I could probably write a lot more than this but here are my top 5 tips for Teachmeet at the moment. I suspect others would place other things or replace things in here too and that's fine. Every TeachMeet is different. I hope these tips help you with yours -…
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The phrase, "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission" is something I've heard many people say. I've also heard folk say that "you catch more flies with honey". So in that spirit, in trying to help bring about positive changes in your school; sometimes…
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In an attempt to share some of my ideas on teaching and learning and to help cement some of my thoughts in to something more concrete, I aim to write a top 5 list of ideas to help in the classroom each week on topics I'm thinking about at the…
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