February 2012
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The Teacher Wife →
A lovely blog that I happened to stumble upon whilst using ‘Pinterest’ this weekend. Worth a look and a read.
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Me: Wow you guys are working really well today, it's great to see!
Pupil 1: It's cuz you said we could win chocolate.
Me: Oh.
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How much active learning are teachers using? →
gjmueller:
How much active learning is enough?
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The schools crusade that links Michael Gove to...
The education secretary has close ties to Rupert Murdoch and would be a key figure if he attempts to move into the UK schools market
Read story here
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Thanks so much for following me and WELCOME!
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A lesson/ activity on 'Autobiographies' →
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International Women's Day, 8 March - Standing in... →
Feminism is alive and kicking, with a new generation at the helm. But more young women need to get involved, argues Kristin Aune
When they hear the word “feminism”, few people seem to think of young women. They tend to see images from the past: suffragettes chaining themselves to railings, Emily Wilding Davison throwing herself in front of King George V’s horse or women wearing dungarees and...
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‘A crude bonus structure’ →
Performance-related pay could herald the end of automatic rises for staying in the profession
The assumption that teachers will receive automatic pay rises as they stay in the profession has been thrown into serious doubt by education secretary Michael Gove this week.
… Read this article for more (horrendous) news on Michael Gove’s (disastrous) plans for UK teachers and the...
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An expert is a person who has made all the... →
ifionlyhadateleporter:
What a fascinating article. It not only talks about learning but also how our behavior towards education is developed. The feedback from our teachers and parents are crucial to our perspective of our own learning ability.
It would be interesting to see if and how those perspectives change as we get older and how that affects lives. I know mine has shifted back and forth...
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“A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...”
– James Baldwin (via actsoffreedom)
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Bloom's Digital Taxonomy by Andrew Churches →
coolcatteacher:
This is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy, an important read on how to move your technology-infused assignments up the taxonomy to promote higher order thinking. I have this on my ipad. A colleague asked me to print this out because I had mentioned it in Chapter 7 of the Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds book I co wrote. It is one of my favorite chapters because it relates current...
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Great presentations start with great discussions →
coolcatteacher:
New Google presentations interface released on February 22.
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List of the most common things teachers do to...
life-and-light:
1. Sitting too long.
2. Talking too much.
3. Making the simple, complex.
4. Making the interesting, uninteresting.
5. Talking about behavior instead of doing something about it.
6. Directing too much, observing too less.
7. Leading a slow, sloppy, ship-shod pace.
8. Failing to adjust.
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“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who...”
– Frank Serafini (via booksandnerds)
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anzelak:
Harder exams in English Literature due in my first year as a fully qualified teacher. Lulzy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17152912
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“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If...”
– Judy Blume (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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Follow me on Pinterest →
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This is what my blog is all about →
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“I don’t like studying, I hate studying. I like learning, learning is beautiful.”
– Natalie Portman (via donnalouisewilkins)
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A catch up...
Hi everyone,
My first week back after a half term break has been, quite simply, horrendous. The main reason for this single word description:
A pupil calling me a ‘fat bitch’
A pupil calling me a ‘f*cking idiot’
Having to work until after midnight, most nights, to get coursework marked and regraded
Getting very little sleep and thus getting many headaches
Yes. It has...
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The Universe Has A Shallow View
heartofcathedrals:
A blade of grass
is a blade of grass
to the universe,
but to us
it can be so much more:
A memory of childhood,
a symbol of heroism.
an allegory of the Great Fall,
a simile to describe a feeling of loneliness.
The imagination of the human consciousness
amazes me
and makes me think
maybe the universe should look at that blade of grass
in a different light.
