Learn to use Technology and use Technology to Learn
One of the most impactful teaching strategies identified by John Hattie is teachers forging strong relationships with their students. This is because good teacher-student relationships…
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Genius Hour is an enquiry-based learning process. As a student-directed learning model, it is intended to give students the opportunity to explore their own…
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The Brainwave unit is a great way to start the academic year, helping children to understand more about how they learn and what things…
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John Hattie is a Professor of Education from New Zealand and a key proponent of evidence-based teaching. Evidence-based teaching is to teach using only…
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Around the world many initiatives are followed in education that have not been carefully scrutinised much less held accountable to empirical evidence. This first…
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Mindset refers to the assumptions and expectations we have for ourselves and others, which determine our commitment to any given task. Dr Carol Dweck,…
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One of the key jobs of our digital leaders last term was to help design and create a makerspace room, which I’m pleased to…
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I have discussed previously about the advantages of using Swivl technology for teachers to film themselves teaching. Having now tried a 360-degree camera in…
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At our school we use BrainPOP with our teachers and students. The site has a library of hundreds of videos, which are all searchable…
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In some form or other, education has been around since the beginning of the human species. This is because education, the process of facilitating…
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