Connor has asked me to pass on his recommendation of BBC Bitesize as a useful site for revision purposes. The site has been set up with the AQA course in mind (we are studying OCR) and so you should ignore the references to specific questions and papers because they don’t transpose. However the skills covered and [...]
The question I am asked most often in my daily classroom practise is – ’so how come you decided to be a teacher?’ My students assume that my previous experiences in the circus or as a security specialist must have offered more glamour, better pay (well…that’s true!) and more satisfaction. I am quick to point [...]
This amazing clip confirms my long held beliefs that dolphins are the coolest creatures on the planet! When I was about 10 I got to ride on the back of a dolphin in Clacton — it was an absolutely enchanting experience (and I got a dolphin shaped waterpistol as a prize)! One day, I hope [...]
In a further effort to avoid reinventing the wheel, here is a wikipage that I recently stumbled upon that is absolutely teeming with useful teacher resources for embracing Web 2.0 tools in the classroom – take a look and please do leave a comment if you try any of them out so that we can [...]
Here’s a little example of how Web 2.0 tools are opening up (rather than shutting down) our opportunities to engage in social debate (despite the scaremongers in the media who vilify all progressive educational approaches). This is a tool designed to get juicy and healthy debate sparking across the net . Read my diagrammatic argument [...]
This animated booklet will provide you with a model of competent analytical writing. The subject matter – how Poe builds tension in ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ is essentially the same question you will be answering on ‘The Signalman’. As you look back over my paragraph, consider the following -
• The writing is formal, controlled and [...]
Further to our discussion in class this week, I have been hunting around for other Web 2.0 collaboration resources which we can use together to support your final exam preparation.
I have come across a very useful application called ‘Wallwisher’ which provides an open access virtual ‘noticeboard’ where we will all be able to stick up post it [...]
We hear more and more these days about how we live in a ‘global village’. If the world could be shrunk to just 100 people (so we can conveniently talk about percentages without drowning in numbers!) what would it look like? What would your place in the village be — are you in the minority [...]
‘Freerice’ is an online interactive site with a range of multi-choice educational games. You can try your hand at identifying capital cities, maths questions, vocabulary, Art history, foreign language vocabulary and even chemical symbols.
For every correct answer you secure, you will automatically earn 10 grains of rice which will be donated to those who face starvation [...]
Here is my tag cloud (a wordle) of Robert Swindell’s novel ‘Stone Cold’ – as we read through the story together, why not come back to the image from time to time and see how many more of the elements make sense.
If you were to produce your own Wordle (which you can do – here!) what choices [...]
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