Whether you like it or not data and knowing how to understand, interpret and analyse it is an important facet of the modern educator. There are lots of systems that you probably use every day that hold lots of data; you’ve probably had about 4235242 emails from them recently about GDPR…
Workload has always been an issue in the teaching profession. Over the years I’ve picked up a few handy hints to help me get through it all. There are lots of free tools you can use to help you make your life that little bit easier and take off some…
I’m on a bit of a OneNote mission at the moment, it’s true. The OneNote Class Notebook add-in is simply superb. I wish the features of OneNote persisted i.e. were the same, across platforms though. The experience you get in Windows simply isn’t the same on Mac or iOS. As…
There’s no getting away from it, oracy is an essential skill. It is something that can be taught and there’s a pretty firm evidence base for it given the research quoted in this paper. Add to this the impassioned article here explaining: “What is oracy and why should every child…
I first started blogging in 2009 after being inspired by the brilliant Tim Rylands and Andy Hutt. Since then I have written more than 650 blog posts on this site and much more on previous blogging sites such as Posterous, wordpress.com and sites such as Staffrm plus articles for magazines…
There’s no getting away from it, technology in education can be an expensive business and there are plenty of companies out there ready to get their snake oil out there to make a fast buck from “helping” educators. With ever decreasing budgets and a Government wanting a world-class education for…
Many will remember the Ferrero Rocher ad from back in 1993 (apologies for non-UK readers – watch the video below for the reference). It was a terrible advert we all thought but in fact, Ferrero saw the advert as being a representation of ‘good taste’. In the advert one of…
Thanks to everyone who has checked out the responses to the #threequestionsEDU series so far. With the term starting for many I thought I’d pause it for a few days and let things settle down a bit. I’ve been really enjoying the responses so far. I find it refreshing to…
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…
Ok, so please excuse the sensationalist title. The thing is, I am a huge advocate for using Twitter for personalised professional development. I’ve written about it many times as you’ll see from this link. With guides to help teachers get started with Twitter and lists of people to connect with…
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