How much space is in an atom and why is nothing actually “solid”?
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Free Resources, Further & Higher Education, Inspirational ideas and people, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »Teacher's domain is a great place to go for resources. You can sign up for free in order to access hundreds of very high multimedia clips and collections covering Science, Engineering and Maths, etc. It is biased to ...
Promethean on Teacher Tube - Videos and top tips to add to your own sites and blogs
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activprimary, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Peter Lambert, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Web 2.0 | Comment (1) »Tens of thousands of you have been finding the Promethean "top tips" on teachertube and it is now one of the top Professional Development channels on the service. These are the same top tips found on Promethean Planet but you can ...
Promethean flipcharts can be found in pan-European learning object repository
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Further & Higher Education, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Policy and Funding, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Web 2.0 | Comments (0) »The European schoolnet have just launched a new portal for educators -the MELT Learning Resource Exchange (LRE) portal for schools. You can find open educational resources and assets from many different countries and providers, including 16 Ministries of Education and Promethean, ...
How do you balance every day teaching with testing?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Expression, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Theory Into Practice | Comments (4) »Teaching in a "SATS" year in the UK is always a challenge! The issue being how do you balance every day teaching needs with the continuous "eye" on that "week in May". The same issue exists elsewhere, such as ...
Is it Education Reform or Deform with Buzzwords?
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Gautam Saha, Pedagogy, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Your Stories | Comment (1) »As I reflect back on my new career of 5 years as a public high school teacher I cannot resist but think of all the professional development workshops that I had to attend. I also recall all the graduate classes ...
An easy and effective teaching method that raises standards
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Early Years and Primary, Expression, Further & Higher Education, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice | Comments (5) »Dr. Eric Mazur, from Harvard has developed and refined the concept of Peer Instruction - a straightforward method for teaching classes interactively. The method has developed a large following, both nationally and internationally, and research indicates the very positive impact ...
Tasting the Soup. - Is this really formative assessment?
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Expression, Inspirational ideas and people, Lisa Dubernard, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Theory Into Practice | Comments (2) »A while back, I had read this quote from Paul Black (1998): "When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative assessment; when the customer tastes the soup, that’s summative assessment.” That made sense to me then, but somehow I just can’t ...
New research looks at students’ ability to process multiple types of information
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Further & Higher Education, Mark Robinson, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Promethean Products, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »Some things just get your attention - and this one got mine! It rang so many bells for me as a teacher who has tried to tackle the challenge of harnessing new technology effectively. Most Activclassroom users would not be surprised ...
Enabling Collaboration - Can I use more than one pen at the same time on my Activboard?
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »There has been very little written about this concept, and I wrote this, at the end of last year, by way of an article to support a product Promethean has been testing with teachers and students. Cooperative learning encourages children’s interpersonal ...
How can a teacher engage children?
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »NOTE: This is an edited adaptation of an article originally written by Margaret Allen for a NAACE publication during 2007. In a world where technology abounds, is it the equipment or its implementation which will engage pupils in their own learning? Each ...
