May 26
Back in the 90s, as a young teacher known for his knowledge in Maths, I developed a comprehensive Maths program based on the curriculum of the time. I personally had great success with the program, which I dubbed “Household Maths”, and with my support several teachers I worked with also followed the program enthusiastically. With [...]
Tagged with: engagement • iPad • Mathematics • purpose • rea life math • student led learning
May 12
I’ve spent a lot of time on this blog lately reflecting on Big Education ideas. During that time, my little buddy the iPad has felt a little neglected and unloved. So I thought I’d get back to talking about everybody’s “favourite little tablet that could”. Today, I want to explore the possibilities the iPad has [...]
Tagged with: collaboration • iPad • research • social bookmarking
May 05
School Cartoon by Andertoons We spend every day of our working life talking to our colleagues at school about the challenges of the students in our care – and rightly so. The students in our classes are given feedback daily on their learning – that’s part of teaching. But how many times do we talk [...]
Tagged with: blogging • collaboration • communication • community • Edmodo • feedback • parents • reflection
May 05
Infographics have become a very popular means of communication recently and in an earlier post, I discussed the potential uses for them in education. While viewing my Scoop-it feeds today, I came across this brand new Web tool for creating infographics called easel.ly. It’s still in beta form but is free to test out. Being [...]
Tagged with: data • graphs • infographics • statistics
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