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 [...]
Ideas for Learning and Creativity #4
April 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Creativity and Innovation This fifth post looks at ways in which students and teachers can improve the way they express ideas and communicate their understanding of key issues. I have also mentioned how cross-pollination into different spheres can help improve our practice as teachers – if you find this topic of particular interest please visit [...]
Assessment for Learning made engaging and purposeful
August 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
Visual Assessment Using Active Learning techniques benefit students greatly as discussed in the introduction to this chapter, and creating opportunities for using this method with assessment really does produce excellent results. Students who work with assessments on this level eventually gain a concrete understanding about: • the various components of an answer; • how to [...]
Engaging WEB 2.0 Tools to use in the classroom
August 26, 2009 By 4 Comments
One way of creating meaning and relevance behind stories is to use illustrations and photos of various kinds. An even more powerful way is to add sound to a story to really capture a particular moment or event. Imagine including all of these features and then being able to add them to the exact location [...]
Great educational websites to use with your exam classes
March 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
Fantastic websites to use with students from starters to main activities, check it out: KartOO I really like this site as it give students a visual of how search term link together and which sites link to a particular word or phrase. Here’s an example. Visuwords: This website allows you to look up words to [...]
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