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GD's Random Jottings: World Book Day
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Saturday, February 24, 2007. I thought the January-March term was the quieter one. You know, the time when you catch up on all your work, get stuck into that big topic, clear your assessment. Maybe even tidy your desk. Okay, the last one's unlikely. But still? Is it World Book Day already? After last year's experience, we remembered to check that we have the write email addresses! We lost two years off our life during that one! You can find ...
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GD's Random Jottings: The Boredom of my maths' lessons!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Tuesday, September 14, 2010. The Boredom of my maths' lessons! I've been wondering why my maths lessons don't seem to work! I'm sure that I have a part to play, but thanks to a clever bit of thinking by Dan Meyer, I think I have an answer. He believes that pupils come into maths preloaded with a set of viruses:. Aversion to word problems. Watch the video at: http:/ www.ted.com/talks/dan meyer math curriculum makeover.html. Since then, I foun...
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GD's Random Jottings: The Apodo Oscars Announced!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Tuesday, January 16, 2007. The Apodo Oscars Announced! Has arrived, much to the consternation of all pupils. P1-4 were convinced that it had something to do with their dinosaur project! My class showed equal ingenuity when asked what creature it reminded them of. What flower it looked like was harder. Which member of staff it most resembled was clearly pushing it! So, what to do first? As we professionals say. it worked! And we've got three ...
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GD's Random Jottings: To Whom It May ...
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Sunday, March 11, 2007. To Whom It May . I'm going to have a rest from the blog. I'm not sure it is read, and I'm uncomfortable with what too easily appears as self promotion. Not my scene, whatever is said about me. It's a shame, and it seems someone somewhere has said something to silence you, or at least make you feel you have nothing worth contributing. Don't believe it. You are read, but we'd just like to hear more ;-). Since then, I fo...
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GD's Random Jottings: Word Booklets Can Be Done!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Word Booklets Can Be Done! One of the frustrations with Word, especially the newest version, is that you can't easily make booklets. This is more of a problem for our primary school because we use Macs, and there are many PC add ons that do the job. And yet, booklets are so useful in school life. However, I have just found a way of doing it! All thanks to Cocoa! Tab Don't panic, I'll explain! You should now see a.
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GD's Random Jottings: Comic Life goes on!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Saturday, February 24, 2007. Comic Life goes on! Apart from having problems printing out our comic, this has been a great experience. It probably wasn't a good time for the Head Teacher and our Probationer teacher to wander through. However, having discussed why the witch might need her help, and where she might end up going, we are going to use some blank ComicLife frames to write our own comic stories. I'll keep you posted! Since then, I f...
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GD's Random Jottings: Ah! That's better!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Tuesday, January 23, 2007. I couldn't just leave them all dispirited! They had been so intrigued by the shape of the Apodo. Though I doubt "appreciating the Apodo. Design" is a very valid Learning Outcome! So back to the skipping ropes! This time - cut the number of ropes, reduce the knot to 'barely tangled' and . success. Whoops! Successful Learners I meant to say. (ahem). Don't you love them. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The opening...
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GD's Random Jottings: On The Move!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Friday, January 13, 2012. You can now find me, having moved on, at:. Http:/ thehighlandheadmaster.blogspot.com/. Come join me there and on twitter at. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Since then, I found promotion revealed how hard it is to inovate when you are teaching a whole school multi composite and have the leadership and admin to plan. A recent extended break has given me time to re-evaluate priorities. So, watch this space! Thud b...
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GD's Random Jottings: Thanks!
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work! Tuesday, February 13, 2007. Many thanks to Andrew and James for the advice, and pointing me in the direction of the Akismet widget in Edublogs. It's already begun to block some of the spam that was turning the experience sour. No excuse for trying to get the children writing now! It's how it all works, isn't it! Oh, and you can get you're chocolate thank you bar from www.baskets2give.com. But you have to pay for it! View my complete profile.
