Today, I spoke about blogging with children at a Primary ICT Coordinators network meeting in Croydon. I honestly can’t imagine not having a class blog now so I was more than happy to share my ‘blogging story’! Afterwards, I got … Continue reading
This is what I asked teachers on Twitter to show in my presentation on blogging for an ICT Coordinators’ meet up in Croydon. Here’s what they said…
You’re leading a carpet session or whole class discussion and some children are frequently going way off topic, which isn’t appropriate for this particular discussion. How can you accept their responses and show them that you appreciate their contributions, but … Continue reading
Have you ever had children in your class that seem unable or reluctant to verbally answer key questions whether it’s during whole class teaching, small group settings or one-to-one work? The reasons as to why this could be happening are … Continue reading
How to sum up BETT 2012 in one blog post? Here’s my highlights… Meeting people The excitement for BETT this year, my second one, has been building up for quite some time now. Twitter was a-buzz about it and it … Continue reading
In my previous post on child-led teaching projects, I spoke briefly about perceived control and happiness being directly linked. The ‘teach someone something’ idea is still very much a work progress, but sometimes I need to remind myself that there … Continue reading
While reorganising my class timetable for the coming half term, it became apparent that there was a ‘spare’ hour that I didn’t have last term. A whole 60-minute chunk of as yet unclaimed time. In an increasingly packed timetable, this … Continue reading
Just before breaking up for the summer holidays this year, I was appointed as ICT Coordinator at my school, a large primary in south London. As part of the interview process, I was asked to deliver a 10-minute presentation on my vision … Continue reading
During an AfL session on a recent CPD course, a simple idea was put to us. If you have an ‘in’ tray where children stick written work/books that need to be marked, think about having three such trays instead. Make … Continue reading
Last week, I went on the second part of a course at the National Science Learning Centre in York about extending gifted and more able students in science. Over both residential periods there were many thought provoking moments, but one … Continue reading
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