Ideas about learning, ICT and pedagogy

Learn how to communicate better

Making students see the bigger picture is difficult but crucial. Using overview early in the course, say, when you introduce a new topic or Unit is an ideal way of getting them thinking about the ’story’ of what you’re doing. Re-visiting these overviews are also important so students can see where they are heading, particularly [...]

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Students as Teachers

Encouraging independent learning with exam classes is hard. There is not time, they may not do the work and there is not time…time… It does take a while for students to learn to work on their own and it requires a lot of practice in KS3 for it to work effectively. However, the biggest problem [...]

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The end of Test-ocracy

Not quite.
The debate over the value of measuring and testing intelligence has been fiercely debated in the press particularly around the time of GCSE and A-Level results, over the past few years. Arguments vary from suggesting that exams are becoming easier to they no longer serve any purpose.
The number of exams is not as important as [...]

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Stories

Queen died and King died. Fact. Queen died and Kind died of a broken heart [E.M. Forster]. Story. Intrigue. Which one is the most memorable do you think – fact or story? Stories are inherent in us humans from the day we are born when parents or other loved ones retell fairy-tales, playground buddies sharing [...]

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Mobile Study works well

Ok I just tried to create a quiz on the Mobile Study website and it worked very well. You can take a look at one of the ‘test’ quizzes I made in less than 10 minutes. Students simply go online and click this link (please note that it will not work in your browser)and then [...]

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