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Roaming Teacher: A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
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Sunday, 3 May 2015. A Martian Sends a Postcard Home. With the long weekend, I finally got around to giving my much-neglected store some attention. Below is my latest offering on Teachers Pay Teachers. Are you tired of reading dull prose that fails to capture the imagination? Have you had enough of the same worn-out similes and metaphors that do nothing to enliven the mind? A copy of the poem (for classroom use only). An accompanying set of slides (in PDF form). 5 examples of original, imaginative writing...
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Roaming Teacher: November 2014
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Thursday, 27 November 2014. Global Education Conference: Online and On Target. Last week, I finally had the opportunity to take part in the online Global Education Conference, organised by Steve Hargadon @stevehargadon. And Lucy Gray @elemenous. After managing no more than a 'dip' into it in previous years. It only made me realise what I'd be missing! There were many sessions of note, but the first I will highlight was from Education Beyond Borders. By Noble Kelly (recording here. Another session which w...
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Roaming Teacher: Persuasive Writing: Student-Made Videos
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Persuasive Writing: Student-Made Videos. I've recently been teaching Grade 9 English Language Acquisition - or ESOL if you prefer - in the IB MYP program. The four students have been with us between 2 and 6 months, so the are very much developing all their skills. Before commencing on the project, they negotiated this rubric. See the results below and feel free leave comments on their blog; they'd love to hear your thoughts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Bard Game (KS3).
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Roaming Teacher: MOOC: What Future for Education? Activity 3.1
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Tuesday, 7 October 2014. MOOC: What Future for Education? This post is the for the required activity 3.1 in Coursera's massive online open course (MOOC) 'What Future for Education? From London University's Institute of Education. To follow the thread on this blog, use the label FutEd. Do you remember having a good teacher? Or a particularly bad one? Reflect on your memory, what was about it about this teacher that makes them stand out for you? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Classroom - Examples.
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A Rhyme A Day: Hot Chocolate
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A Rhyme A Day. October 2013: I want to encourage my sons to write, to love writing and reading. So, off we go, with a challenge: A Rhyme A Day for a month. Let's see whether we can become great poets. Home: A Rhyme A Day. Saturday, 2 November 2013. Day 28: We made hot chocolate this evening as we were feeling cold. Yes, feeling cold in Singapore! Http:/ www.sxc.hu/photo/688818. I like to drink my chocolate hot,. With frothy milk, poured on top. Warms your heart and toes,. My Kid N Sid. Cupcakes Don't Bou...
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A Rhyme A Day: Fridays
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A Rhyme A Day. October 2013: I want to encourage my sons to write, to love writing and reading. So, off we go, with a challenge: A Rhyme A Day for a month. Let's see whether we can become great poets. Home: A Rhyme A Day. Saturday, 26 October 2013. Day 25: We are getting close to the end of the month - quite an achievement, when we reach 31 rhymes, on non other than Halloween. We decided that we should choose Friday as this is the last Friday of the month. Friday's nearly the end of the week,. 5th Octobe...
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A Rhyme A Day: Dinosaurs
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A Rhyme A Day. October 2013: I want to encourage my sons to write, to love writing and reading. So, off we go, with a challenge: A Rhyme A Day for a month. Let's see whether we can become great poets. Home: A Rhyme A Day. Saturday, 2 November 2013. Day 29: Walking with Dinosaurs. This was one of the greatest documentaries from the BBC when Max's brother was growing up. Funnily though, he always like to watch the documentary of the documentary: The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs. And toothy jaws,. How d...
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Roaming Teacher: About
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I currently work in a school where each learner has their own MacBook, so I have no issues with accessing computers, although I doubt I'll ever lose sympathy with those who do. Apple's great, but I try to keep up with all the exciting developments in open source resources too. I'm a huge fan of Google Apps for Education. Not just as a novelty or distraction from real learning and I have no fear of pen and paper when it suits the learning. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Classroom - Examples.
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Roaming Teacher: Assessment - Positive & Negative Experiences
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Assessment - Positive and Negative Experiences. This year, my school is focusing on assessment as part of the strategic plan. Along with reading Classroom. Chappuis, Stiggins and Arter, we will have regular training sessions as a faculty. Our first activity is to reflect on one negative and one positive assessment experience and why made them so. Rationale (even more confusing when it was a percentage rather than a grade, as we took As as great. Cs as a basic pass. Key 1 - We ei...
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A Rhyme A Day: 2013-10-13
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A Rhyme A Day. October 2013: I want to encourage my sons to write, to love writing and reading. So, off we go, with a challenge: A Rhyme A Day for a month. Let's see whether we can become great poets. Home: A Rhyme A Day. Saturday, 19 October 2013. Day 19: Finally, after sausages and cheese, we have. .pie! Http:/ www.sxc.hu/photo/556342. Once a man made a pie,. That could really make a lie. He stuffed it with cheese,. And frozen peas,. And called it chicken pie. Http:/ www.sxc.hu/photo/342694. Day17: It ...
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