Another thoughtful and provoking piece from @thoughtweavers.
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Primary School eSafeguarding policy
Creating a primary school eSafeguarding policy from yhgfl http://t.co/UJXPotc6
Monday, 25 June 2012
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Monday, 18 June 2012
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Learn to read...by teaching your monster!
A free online game, designed by British game designers and follows letters and sounds.
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Being scared twice locks memories
Study on how the brain selects memories to keep. Implications for learning (eventually)
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
The Literacy Shed
Resources for visual literacy and other stuff including video clips with teaching ideas.
What kind of restaurant is your classroom?
A thought provoking analogy from Thought Weavers.
What Kind Of Restaurant Is Your Classroom? | thoughtweavers
Does that make OFSTED the Environmental Health Inspectors, despised by all types of restaurant?!
Socrative
Socrative is a student response system that is web based.
This looks like it has great potential - and it's free!
http://www.socrative.com
Go have a look and let me know if you've used it!
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Blocky -worth a looky!
Lifehacker article on Google's new visual programming tool.
Google Blockly Is a Visual, Drag-and-Drop Tool for Building Apps and Learning to Code
Monday, 11 June 2012
Raising self esteem in your classroom
Raising the self esteem of learners:
Praise and Motivation within the Classroom | thoughtweavers
Particularly like this bit:
When issuing PRAISE think:
P = PERSONAL: Aimed at just one individual
R = REFLECTIVE: The learner should be able understand they’ve received it.
A = ASSESSED: You, the teacher, should know why you are giving it.
I = IMMEDIATE: Catch them doing the right thing and praise immediately.
S = SENSITIVE: Not all children like being praised in front of others.
E = EFECTIVE: It should have a lasting impact on the learner.
Praise and Motivation within the Classroom | thoughtweavers
Particularly like this bit:
When issuing PRAISE think:
P = PERSONAL: Aimed at just one individual
R = REFLECTIVE: The learner should be able understand they’ve received it.
A = ASSESSED: You, the teacher, should know why you are giving it.
I = IMMEDIATE: Catch them doing the right thing and praise immediately.
S = SENSITIVE: Not all children like being praised in front of others.
E = EFECTIVE: It should have a lasting impact on the learner.
Wider Letter Spacing Helps Dyslexic Children
New research shows improvements for dyslexic children when letter and word spacing increases - with IOS app!
Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children
Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children
Multiple Intelligences - a brief guide
Multiple Intelligences - a brief guide
Would you rather be clever or intelligent? A whistle-stop tour of Multiple Intelligence (MI) | thoughtweavers
Would you rather be clever or intelligent? A whistle-stop tour of Multiple Intelligence (MI) | thoughtweavers
BrainFacts.org - Neuroeducation.
BrainFacts - Neuroeducation.
A favourite website of mine, this is a link to the education pages.
Neuroeducation - BrainFacts.org
A favourite website of mine, this is a link to the education pages.
Neuroeducation - BrainFacts.org
BrainyActs - a collection of video from around the web
Welcome to BrainyActs.
This is a moderated collection of video resources from the web to help understand, explain and demystify that most mysterious of organs.
BrainyActs!!: About the Brain
This is a moderated collection of video resources from the web to help understand, explain and demystify that most mysterious of organs.
BrainyActs!!: About the Brain
Making Neuroscience Fun!
Making Neuroscience Fun - what more do you want?!
Loads of resources for making learning about the brain fun upwards from pre kindergarten...
MNF - Teachers
Loads of resources for making learning about the brain fun upwards from pre kindergarten...
MNF - Teachers
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