I’ve spent a lot of time over the past week, SATs week, reflecting on what I’ve learned so far from teaching in year 6. I tweeted @DeputyMitchell saying as much during a conversation about SATs procedures and moderation: My first … Continue reading
…or perhaps not! It has been just over a week since GTAUK – or Google Teacher Academy UK in case you were puzzled – and I think I just about feel ready enough to share. Where to begin? The lead … Continue reading
I threw this out to the Twitterverse for discussion yesterday: Considering unlocking my tweets. Feeling apprehensive about it though for the usual reasons. Thoughts? #ukedchat When I signed up to Twitter back in July 2010, I joined with the purpose of … Continue reading
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
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