Let’s make a CAR!!
This blog has been inspired by the lack of demonstration (is this too controversial?) Many of you may know I am the mum of a delightful six year old Rhea. Rhea was recently involved in [...]
Design Thinking
Design thinking!! –we hear this term a lot but what is design thinking? Are you clear on it? In this post I hope to clarify what design thinking is and why it is so important [...]
A Stressed Time of Year?
With exam preparation underway, coursework deadlines and we are getting closer to the end of the year… is it any wonder that students and teachers are getting little sleep and feeling somewhat anxious? Exam prep [...]
What is Digital Literacy?
What is Digital Literacy? I have heard this term banded around for a while now and in mind it is clear, but when I refer to it in conversation with teachers, parents or businesses – [...]
How important is conversation in your classroom?
Conversation in your classroom is as important as conversation in real life. Which is to say the least very important. Without conversation skills one cannot communicate ones needs, nor can one answer questions and debate [...]
5 Things every teacher should ask themselves before the beginning of the year!
More haste, less speed is the feeling us teachers have at the beginning of the year (and at any other time of the year)! There is just so much to do! New classes, new curriculum, [...]
Why is evidencing learning so important?
Evidencing learning has changed massively over the last few years – whether that is in Education, training or CPD. How can you review that progress is being made at the level of capability required? I [...]
Evidence Based Learning – Michele Bruniges Department of Education and Training, ACT
The past decade has seen a high level of engagement and commitment by schools to the collection, analysis and interpretation of information about students to inform teaching and learning. Rapid changes in society, economics and technology, [...]
Ed Tech – how to choose what is suitable for you!
At the beginning of the New Year you may have set yourself a number of goals – whether that is personally or professionally! Is one of them to look at ways to be more innovative [...]
‘Learning and development must treat change like wearing new shoes – uncomfortable but worth it’ by Andy Lancaster, Head of learning and development CIPD
Lewis Carroll was not regarded as a futurologist. However, in writing the Red Queen’s race in Alice Through the Looking Glass in 1871, he seems to have glimpsed a vision of our increasingly fast-paced world. [...]