sims – Edventures

Data for Progress and Achievement – death by traffic lighting

Kristian Still 14 Jul ’12 14 Aug ’13

My role for next year is gradually become more defined. In a nutshell I will be in an educational marriage with performance data; SIMs, RaiseOnline, FFT and SISRA the new framework. It is a role anchored to hard data, hard policy and efficient data …

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Collaboration, Moodle2Sims and Edict

Kristian Still 13 Aug ’09 13 Aug ’09

Yesterday we took 2 collaborative IT proposals to Edict. This first was a small collaborative IT Network Group open to all schools with contributions primarily from Network Managers, lead technicians but also other interested IT staff (VLE and Sims Managers). …

Human Capital, Building Human Capability27 Apr ’24
This week I have mainly been discussing, reading and listening and reflecting on “human resources.” It has included conversations with CEOs, COO’s and People Professionals, PM Daily and listening to the CIPD Podcast. Somewhere in those lines of enquiry, Dave Ulrich‘s no-nonsense outlook rang my …
Employee Handbooks – People Professional21 Apr ’24
Having been responsible for on-boarding staff in three organisations, I have a vested interest in the “Employee Handbook.” Whilst not required by law in the UK, there are many positive reasons to both pen and consult on your “Employee Handbook.” First and foremost it enables …
ChatGPT Learner Coach Mark 421 Apr ’24
Four iterations on – I believe I have designed a powerful AND flexible ‘Learner Coach‘ PREPARE prompt for ChatGPT that tailors the learning experience to the learners prior knowledge, and confidence, and emphasises subject vocabulary. Here it is in action. First. coaching a relatively confident, …
Engagement and Challenge: BIG Questions with ChatGPT19 Apr ’24
Rubrics and criterion-referenced assessment regularly contribute to teaching and learning and more recently to the assessment of the quality of teaching. Used effectively, rubrics provide clear and objective feedback to learners/teachers about their strengths and weaknesses relative to specific learning/performance objectives. Our newly introduced “Impact …