Time to think this one over
If you wouldn’t wake up early to do it, you probably shouldn’t stay up late to do it. Don’t stay up past your normal bedtime to do something that you wouldn’t be willing to wake up earlier than your normal …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Best of BETT
There seems to be an awful lot robotics on show here at BETT – from Lego to mechanics to these programmable funky fellas. Aldebaran Robotics Add to that, whole bunch of hardware (screens in particular, whiteboards a plenty), a …
BETT Show Day #1
Here we are at the start of day 2 reflecting on day 1. The Learn Live theatre was packed for BYOD, rammed for David Roger’s @davidErogers guerrilla geography and smiling warmly as Charlotte Beckhurst demonstrated how her Y1 primary class had …
Inspiration at the station
On arriving at the Excel Arena yesterday I took this photograph on the way in. Not a bad way to start your lesson. It’s part of the HP branding so once inside the BETT show I found the HP stand …
CPD for peanuts
The Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference or TLAB13 is fast approaching, Saturday 16th March 2013. As everyone is contributing their effort gratis the cost of the event is staggeringly low, just £40. With three keynotes and three workshops you are …
Excuses
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse. A simple line of motivation. A useable phrase to ‘test’ the students that wants to give you twenty reasons why their coursework …
Modelling
If would have been an outstanding lesson had you modelled to the students what it was you wanted to see. I guess modelling what I wanted the students to produce was / would be a useful strategy. Moving to the English …
Good enough
Sunday mornings, courtesy of our two year old daughter, often start early. This morning her enthusiasm to get the day started provided plenty of time for me to read through my RSS with Nick JR droning on in the background. …