Great lessons have key characteristics. Many edu-bloggers have discussed the characteristics of great lessons but for me, the one person that nails it is as discussed in my introductory post to this series is Tom Sherrington. In his series he discusses the topic in some detail across ten posts. In my series I will…
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If you haven't noticed, whilst I love technology and its propensity to enhance learning, for me it always has to be purposeful. I've written at some length about it previously but I thought a handy checklist might be, well... handy. So I made this. Please forgive the brevity of the…
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My school experience was somewhat different to most. Attending a select boys school meant that things were all a bit traditional. Teachers desks were literally on pedestals and we were to be seen but not heard. I really do struggle to remember who my tutors were now when I was…
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As mentioned in my post previously here about the hashtag #MobilePGCE where I asked Tweachers to give advice to trainee teachers about why they might want to use technology, I mentioned I was running a session with trainees on that topic. I broke the session down in to four distinct…
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The secret of teaching success isn’t mythical. It isn’t even that hard to work out. Watch any amazing teacher in their classroom and it is clear. The key to teaching success is to care about your learners and build relationships with them. For them to know that you really give…
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