Funny Money
I am a big fan of Classdojo – it is my goto behaviour management tool but that doesn’t restrain my magpie tendencies when good ideas cross my eye-line. Two colleagues were talking ‘business studies’ and how to encourage students to …
Making sense of all the data
Having joined the ASCL and accepted a new role, I visited their website and reviewed their data for school improvement resources, starting with ‘Making Effective Use of RAISEonline.’ Here, I found a plethora of RAISEonline and Performance table resources produced by …
Data rich information poor
On Thursday I attended the ASCL Leadership of Data One Day Conference. This training event represented a significant investment by my school in my professional development and I feel confident it was good value. I came away armed with a sound …
Proving pupil progress with Triptico
This week I used a simple Triptico background and asked students to show their confidence on our latest topic. At the start of the lesson the students scattered their names around the middle, well, it was our third lesson. At …
How to…
Every year, students across the country attend assemblies in their droves. Some are designed to inform and share school communications, some to celebrate student achievements or to inspire. But I was wondering how many students would attend assemblies if given the choice? Do we …
Plussing
Somwhere between the creative genius of Walt Disney and Pixar Studios is the idea of ‘plussing.’ It is a powerful way to critique work and move it on. A way to quickly reveal and expose the failings of an idea, a …
More than teachers…
Raising aspirations is easy said than done but I work with some amazingly dedicated staff who go the extra mile. In fact one of my colleagues brought in not one but two inspirational speakers last week and the impact was there for …
Panorama
The new panorama feature in iOS6 is worth a look, especially for getting evidence of student work. For example is a panorama of an art display. It was much clear, I have degraded the image so that I could use …