Programming Principles
I like these analogies and principles for programming basics, nice talking points for teachers using Code Academy as a starting point for teaching programming.
I like these analogies and principles for programming basics, nice talking points for teachers using Code Academy as a starting point for teaching programming.
I’m still alive, settling in to the new school has killed of blogging temporarily, I have a mountain of ideas that I intend to implement over the coming months and no-doubt blog about here. The first of which is an updated Scheme of Work for 11-14 Maths. To see my thoughts and a plea for…
All schools I have been to have a rewards system in place, the yin, to the sanctions system’s yang. I think it’s about time school rewards were dragged into the 21st Century, and I have a few thoughts…
I’m a little gob smacked and a little jealous at the news from the BBC that Knowsley council on Merseyside plan to abolish the classroom and timetable as we know it and turn all 7 of their secondary schools into learning centers personalised to each pupil. It seems that this sort of revolution in how…
Following on from my previous post about GapMinder, Hans Rosling has made another inspiring talk at a TED conference. His use of data continues to inspire me and pushes my thoughts on using this software in the classroom. With the abolition of data handling coursework next year more time will be freed up to look…
Schools across the UK are currently getting to grips with the new performance management framework that is being introduced nationwide this school year. I’m a ‘Main Scale’ teacher at the moment, and one of the benefits of the new system appears to be how ‘Threshold’ will be tackled. Previously you had to apply to pass…
I will post my first impressions of Google Wave soon, in the meantime we have started building a directory of educators who are using Wave at the moment. This can be found here.