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Metro maps . . . | Luddite with a Laptop
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Luddite with a Laptop. Never trust the storyteller. Only trust the story. Metro maps . . . Hmm – I’ve been seeing lots and lots of revision ‘metro maps’ appearing across my twitter feed over the last few weeks. I must confess, I’m not sure of their merit. I like the aesthetic, but there are very few ways I can see myself using them in the classroom. It’s all just a little . . . chaotic. However, I’m clearly in the minority here, so what do I know! 8211; to help me build this. May 27, 2014. Leave a Reply x.
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: A letter to an English teacher on results day
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Wednesday, 13 August 2014. A letter to an English teacher on results day. One of my most popular posts on the blog has been my letter to an NOT. It is here, if you haven't read it yet. Given the current state of play with the English exams, I felt it necessary to blog about it as we await the forthcoming results. Dear English teacher,. 1] The GCSEs and A-levels represent the teaching over the years and not just the last two years. Or has the teaching ...
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The Spelling Problem: finding a voice for people
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Saturday, 14 December 2013. The Spelling Problem: finding a voice for people. For me, spelling is the thing that most people pick up on in a person’s writing. That and handwriting. Often during a parents’ evening, parents hone in on their child’s inability to spell or their handwriting. I am left agreeing with them. In attempt to appease Ofsted, I bet most schools have upped the amount of spelling tests students sit. We now have another set of rules i...
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: May 2015
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Friday, 29 May 2015. Big system, little system – put them in a cardboard box. In a rare moment of escapism, I visited a city this week. On the journey there, I purchased a coffee from a vendor at a train station. It was one of those open shops where you stand and collect the hot beverage at the end of a line. I like excitement and variety, so I bought a white Americano. 8220;What is your name? 8221; asked the lady behind the counter. 8220;Sorry, sir?
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: July 2015
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Friday, 31 July 2015. Star of the Week – the black hole of praise. 8217; A simple device to motivate and reward behaviour has become the bane of my life. There is a deeper problem under all of this. I am not a pushy parent that feels that his child is not getting the rewards he/she deserves – okay, maybe a bit. This following exchange might help to highlight what, I feel, is the problem:. Me: Who got the award this week? Me: What did he get it for?
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jeandrawingaday | Jean a drawing a day
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Jean a drawing a day. A drawing made each day in the year leading up to my 50th birthday and beyond…towards 1000! Other people who draw every day. I am a printmaker and artist, a teacher and author, a senior lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Northampton. November 4, 2016. 1533 The rhythm of the land and sky Tombow pen A5. November 4, 2016. 1534 The last remnants of Halloween Pencil and watercolour 12 x 12 cm. November 2, 2016. 1532 Holding pattern Pen 12 X 12cm. November 1, 2016.
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SpecSisters Best of 2016: | SPEC SISTERS
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Unable to see the fantastic in the everyday? Should have come to Spec Sisters…. Where Do We Go From Here? SpecSisters Best of 2016:. December 31, 2016. My kids are using the Christmas-New Years hiatus to read Harry Potter 7 and Black Light Express (Railhead sequel), build Lego, persuade their father to take them to see Rogue One (twice! And binge on the entirety of Trollhunters. And eat all the candy canes off the tree. I’ve been working (sobs) but have briefly borrowed the Amulet of Daylight. Unexpected...
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Of Mice and Men and Pandas?
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Saturday, 22 September 2012. Of Mice and Men and Pandas? Breakfast in my house today:. 8220;Dad, that cloud looks like a spaceship! 8221; said one twin, munching her way through a slice of toast. 8221; I said bemused. 8220;Outside. In the sky. That cloud looks like a spaceship.”. 8220;Are you sure? Looks like a face to me.”. 8220;Look, there’s the wing and that’s the top of it,” smiled a marmite covered child. 8220;Oh yeah. I see it now.”. The Interne...
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Death to sentence stems! Long live the sentence structures!
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Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Saturday, 1 February 2014. Death to sentence stems! Long live the sentence structures! Before I start writing this blog, I need to thank Anne Williams and Kerry Pulleyn for allowing me to put these sentences on here. Plus, I need to thank all the other teachers who have added a sentence to this little project. This whole thing couldn’t have been done without their help. A big thank you from me! 8216;Where’s Wally? Is technology to blame? Anyway, each ...
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Adobe Voice – nearly the perfect tool | Luddite with a Laptop
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Luddite with a Laptop. Never trust the storyteller. Only trust the story. Adobe Voice – nearly the perfect tool. The biggest problem I’m having with trying to make greater use of technology in my classroom is the sheer amount of time it takes to create materials. I had a play and managed to come up with the following. Which would be cool. Which is a shame. However, Voice has only been live for a couple of months and, from looking at their support website, I’m not the only user to feel this frustrat...
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