28 Jan 2011 I bookmarked three links on retrieval practice. Part of a Purdue University press release on the work of Jeff Karpicke. I distinctly remember a 50% improvement in long-term memory for retrieval over concept maps. A consolidation activity …
A lot has changed in my professional organisation. How I work and teach with learner and my colleagues. One of the biggest changes, almost seamless changes, has been how I produce, store and share my work. Though not an obvious …
This is a post I have wanted to write / share for a few week however the run into half term has been hard going… however over the past few days I have received a handful of positive endorsements, messages …
So I was asked to discuss “Planning is over-rated.” For the most part, is not over-rated. As Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott’s South pole expedition teams will attest. However planning becomes less critical with both experience and expertise. Somewhat counter-intuitively, …
Accessibility – SENCos and visually impaired teachers and learners. Screen magnifier is available as a chrome flag. Use your keyboard to control the magnifier by pressing Ctrl + Alt and the arrow keys. To try it out, “Enable” fullscreen magnifier …
Coined by the formation of CogSciSci, a group of teachers and academics interested in the applications of Cognitive Science in education, SLOP stands for ‘Shed Loads of Practice’. In our current setting, I am sure teachers are weighing up the benefits …
The challenge: Getting students access to the reading texts – remotely. (In this case a hard copy play of Oliver Twist.) Sub challenge: Supporting our students inference and understanding of the narrative. Plus some trick colloquialisms and Dickensian references. Like …
So you’ve settled into your lockdown #2 teaching and learning. You have taught the students and are you looking for some interaction and consolidation. Jamboard offers a variety of easy-to-use editing and annotation features – an online collaborative whiteboard for …
