Sunday, February 19, 2017. I have returned to his Visible Learning. It made a lot of sense. As far as impact goes, Hattie.

This website has been written and designed by teachers for schools interested in developing new and effective pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning. Approaches that work best for children, raise standards across the curriculum, and prepare learners for the challenges and changes they will face in the future. Play as a medium for learning.

Exploring the world of international education. Multiple Intelligences are not Learning Styles! The danger of Pseudo-Traditionalist Teachers. Bring back the eccentric teachers. Making sense of the complicated world of 21st century education.

This is not quite the opening for this blog that I had anticipated. Yesterday brought the news that one of my students had lost her life, it seems whilst trying to save the life of her younger cousin. The teenagers appeared unaware of the dangers of open water swimming. We sadly see this type of news every year when the sun comes out. I love my children, I think they are the greatest kids any mother could have, but I do not always like them! .

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. This is the homepage of Greg Ashman, a teacher living and working in Australia. Nothing that I write or that I link to necessarily reflects the view of my school. Taking a critical look at praise.

My thoughts on education, Edtech and its uses in the classroom. Screen Time, Family Time, Play Time. I was prompted to write this post after I took part in a Periscope conversation with a few others a couple of weeks ago. As a parent how do you decide how much screen time is enough? This is how things work in our family.

Fundraising by Blackpool Sixth Form. Many different people have raised funds for us over the course of the last twelve months and we are extremely grateful to them for their help. There will be further blogs to follow detailing those who have helped us. Jon McLeod is also thinking of entering a Marathon later in the year to raise funds. As a school we would like to say a whole hearted thank you to the st.

As always I wanted to ensure representation from the special school sector and wanted to seek some clarification from Sean on some elements of the framework that affect special schools specifically or disproportionately.

Enter centre stage the marvellous Mrs Sarah Simons. With the fabulous support from City and Guilds. These fantastic speakers have given up their own personal time on a Saturday for free! Yes you heard, for free. They will be sharing invaluable information, thoughts and experiences on a whole host of educational matters. Subjects covered range from behaviour, using technology, research and much more. He has also written four books.