Seeing things differently When I first came to the UK from Sweden I got a job as a Guest Porter in a fancy hotel in Cambridge. This was a real learning experience for me particularly when it came to day-to-day language. For example colleagues would ask, pretty much daily, if I was ‘alright’. Now this [...]
10 resources that changed my teaching practice:
March 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
5 Great websites: IDEO Ten faces of Innovation PresentationZen Made to Stick InnovativeICT.net 5 Great Books A Whole New Mind Presentation Zen Made to Stick Ten Faces of Innovation Innovate with ICT
Make learning purposeful, memorable and powerful: part 1
March 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
“The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind – creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers. These people – artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers – will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys”. Daniel H. Pink[1] Teachers in [...]
Learn how to communicate better
December 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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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