Creativity in the classroom: myths and strategies
Back in April, I was a mentor at London’s Google innovator Program where I ran a session on strategies to improve creative thinking. Then in […]
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Time out: another point about teacher workload
Teacher workload. Right. Teachers have a lot to do and there’s a lot being written and talked about in terms of SLTs tackling unnecessary workload, targeting […]
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The 12 Joys of Teaching returns for 2016!
Two years ago, I started The 12 Joys of Teaching as a bit of light relief for teachers during what is often a long, tiring and […]
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Users ask, they listen: introducing ClassDojo groups
One of the things I enjoy most about being a ClassDojo UK Community Lead is that they really do listen to the feedback from their […]
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Subject responsibilities in primary: doing less and doing it better?
I read this post about subject specialisms in primary on Sunday and it inspired me to share how we have approached this in years 5 […]
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#proudofmyselfie one year on: some new ideas
Thanks to my Timehop app, I was reminded that yesterday was a year to the day since I came up with the idea for #proudofmyselfie, […]
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Getting physical: computing at Raspberry Pi Towers
I was lucky enough to be one of 20-odd educators to be selected to take part in the first ever Raspberry PiCademy that took place last […]
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Westminster Education Forum: the big message about computing
On Wednesday I presented at a very different sort of conference compared to what I’m used to. Different because the audience wasn’t predominantly teachers or […]
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Year of Code gets a bashing – so now what?
Forget the year of the horse, the government have announced that 2014 is the Year of Code, but this latest initiative has come under much criticism. Unsurprisingly, […]
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My #nurture1314 post – with a bit of a twist
What’s #nurture1314? Well, teachers all over twitter are putting together #nurture1314 blog posts: 13 highlights of 2013 and 14 hopes for 2014. I’ve read a […]
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