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Roaming Teacher: A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
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Sunday, 3 May 2015. A Martian Sends a Postcard Home. With the long weekend, I finally got around to giving my much-neglected store some attention. Below is my latest offering on Teachers Pay Teachers. Are you tired of reading dull prose that fails to capture the imagination? Have you had enough of the same worn-out similes and metaphors that do nothing to enliven the mind? A copy of the poem (for classroom use only). An accompanying set of slides (in PDF form). 5 examples of original, imaginative writing...
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Roaming Teacher: November 2014
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Thursday, 27 November 2014. Global Education Conference: Online and On Target. Last week, I finally had the opportunity to take part in the online Global Education Conference, organised by Steve Hargadon @stevehargadon. And Lucy Gray @elemenous. After managing no more than a 'dip' into it in previous years. It only made me realise what I'd be missing! There were many sessions of note, but the first I will highlight was from Education Beyond Borders. By Noble Kelly (recording here. Another session which w...
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Roaming Teacher: MOOC: What Future for Education? Activity 3.1
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Tuesday, 7 October 2014. MOOC: What Future for Education? This post is the for the required activity 3.1 in Coursera's massive online open course (MOOC) 'What Future for Education? From London University's Institute of Education. To follow the thread on this blog, use the label FutEd. Do you remember having a good teacher? Or a particularly bad one? Reflect on your memory, what was about it about this teacher that makes them stand out for you? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Classroom - Examples.
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Roaming Teacher: About
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I currently work in a school where each learner has their own MacBook, so I have no issues with accessing computers, although I doubt I'll ever lose sympathy with those who do. Apple's great, but I try to keep up with all the exciting developments in open source resources too. I'm a huge fan of Google Apps for Education. Not just as a novelty or distraction from real learning and I have no fear of pen and paper when it suits the learning. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Classroom - Examples.
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Roaming Teacher: Assessment - Positive & Negative Experiences
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Assessment - Positive and Negative Experiences. This year, my school is focusing on assessment as part of the strategic plan. Along with reading Classroom. Chappuis, Stiggins and Arter, we will have regular training sessions as a faculty. Our first activity is to reflect on one negative and one positive assessment experience and why made them so. Rationale (even more confusing when it was a percentage rather than a grade, as we took As as great. Cs as a basic pass. Key 1 - We ei...
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Roaming Teacher: MOOC: What Future for Education? Activity 4.1
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014. MOOC: What Future for Education? This post is the for the required activity 4.1 in Coursera's massive online open course (MOOC) 'What Future for Education? From London University's Institute of Education. To follow the thread on this blog, use the label FutEd. Reflect on your own schooling. Did you go to a 'good' school? What 'residuals' did you take away from your school and how has it helped you subsequently? And my schooling happened in the days of the Eleven Plus. Well, prim...
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Roaming Teacher: Persuasive Writing: Student-Made Videos
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Persuasive Writing: Student-Made Videos. I've recently been teaching Grade 9 English Language Acquisition - or ESOL if you prefer - in the IB MYP program. The four students have been with us between 2 and 6 months, so the are very much developing all their skills. Before commencing on the project, they negotiated this rubric. See the results below and feel free leave comments on their blog; they'd love to hear your thoughts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Bard Game (KS3).
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Roaming Teacher: May 2015
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Sunday, 3 May 2015. A Martian Sends a Postcard Home. With the long weekend, I finally got around to giving my much-neglected store some attention. Below is my latest offering on Teachers Pay Teachers. Are you tired of reading dull prose that fails to capture the imagination? Have you had enough of the same worn-out similes and metaphors that do nothing to enliven the mind? A copy of the poem (for classroom use only). An accompanying set of slides (in PDF form). 5 examples of original, imaginative writing...
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Roaming Teacher: August 2015
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Assessment - Positive and Negative Experiences. This year, my school is focusing on assessment as part of the strategic plan. Along with reading Classroom. Chappuis, Stiggins and Arter, we will have regular training sessions as a faculty. Our first activity is to reflect on one negative and one positive assessment experience and why made them so. Rationale (even more confusing when it was a percentage rather than a grade, as we took As as great. Cs as a basic pass. Key 1 - We ei...
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Roaming Teacher: Accountability & Student Surveys
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015. Accountability and Student Surveys. The Flawed Culture of Education Today'. Https:/ artofeducation.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/the-flawed-culture-of-education-today/. It may seem self-evident, but I'll say it anyway: accountability in teaching is one of those things schools always struggle to balance. On the one hand, teachers are human so there will always be a certain number of people trying to 'get away with it'. However, on the other (much fuller? This post from David Didau.