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Why OneNote?
By Julian O’Loughlin. Head of Science
With every new year at school, there always seems to be a new system or other which claims to be better at doing something that didn’t seem a problem the year before. Read More -
Visible Learning Conference with John Hattie … Know Thy Impact
This conference drew delegates from around the world, for an analysis of what is rapidly becoming a global movement. With hundreds of people in the room, John Hattie introduced his 3 themes: understanding learning, measuring learning and promoting learning. Read More
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Marking made more efficient: a tale of an App & an iPad
Work smarter. Be efficient with your time. Use technology wisely. Downloading Turnitin as an app for my iPad allowed to do all three in one easy hit. Existing practice would have been to download, and print out each uploaded document one at a time, to be marked by hand. Read More
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Using collaborative documents in English
Last term, being out of school at a conference, I had to set cover.
Feeling guilty about missing my A2 English lesson (especially as this was early in the term), I made sure that they would be occupied and challenged in my absence. Read More -
Google+ communities – a different professional learning model
At the beginning of this term we set out to experiment with some new models for CPD or Professional Learning. One of the things we were keen to explore was whether simple technological models had any value in engaging teachers in discussion about teaching and learning that would help them to improve their practice in the classroom. Read More
