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Does Gove Get Games? A strangely positive sounding report from the great Edge Magazine quotes Gove speaking at The Royal Society, in particular referring to the excellent www.mangahigh.com that Marcus du Sautoy has had some input in. “I am sure that this field of educational games has huge potential for maths and science teaching and…
Love This – Google Docs Newspaper
Google Docs School Newspaper – what a great idea. Laura Chesebro via Jeff Utecht.
How To Monitor & Improve Attendance In Covid Times (Data Trends)
This post was written as part of my day job for Community Brands / Assembly: https://assembly.education/monitoring-improving-attendance/. The Attendance Challenge There is no bigger challenge in school leadership in 2022 than monitoring and improving school attendance. Despite the incredible progress in remote learning, we know students achieve best when taught face-to-face by subject specialists. During the…
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#RunningInSquares 11th Jan – 24km & 16⊞
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