Heathlands School - using Activexpression for maths
Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Creativity in the classroom, Expression, Liam O'Marah | Comments OffActivexpression was featured today on the BBC Breakfast programme in response to an Ofsted report that claimed 'many maths lessons are dull and routine' ...but not if you're a pupil at Heathlands School in West London! The school has been using ...
Learning Clip now features Activote
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Free Resources, Liam O'Marah | Comments (2) »I was just re-visiting the Learning Clip website and I noticed that they now offer maths 'clips' that can be used with Activote...and some are even in German! For those of you that haven't discovered Learning Clip, the site comprehensively covers ...
Whole group extended writing on the Activboard
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »I have used low cost, portable student devices like the Alphasmart™ with students for years and it is likely there may be some in your school or class. Generally I has used them for independent writing activities, but the problem of ...
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, ...
Where angels fear to tread
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Activprimary, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Contributors, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, John Self, Promethean Products | Comments (4) »Where angels fear to tread I have forgotten exactly how many times in the past three years I have visited a school well resourced with interactive technology, only to find it underused or, even more disturbing, not used at all. Last ...
Activclassroom and Teacher Retention
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Inspirational ideas and people, Lisa Dubernard, Pedagogy, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Special Education | Comments (0) »One of the most critical issues education faces is the hiring and retaining of excellent teachers. In fact, teacher retention is typically one of the key goals for most school districts as a well as individual schools. Below you will ...
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 ...
