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Effective Revision Activities - The Gamble
A huge thank you to all who attended of our webinar on the resource called 'The Gamble'.
The Magic Hat
Here's a fun teaching resource called the Magic Hat. It uses an onscreen magician's hat to randomly choose a playing card which you can use as a method for running an engaging quiz in the...
What lesson do you teach that is NOT on YouTube?
A beguiling question and one that has resonance for me as we start one of the busiest teaching weeks of the year. Many colleagues are powering ahead aiming to complete linear courses before the...
Building Learning Power!
Staff at Berkhamsted School recently delivered a CPD session to their colleagues to demonstrate Building Learning Power. Here is a sneak peak!
CoverUp - A New Student App for Visual and Interactive Learning
CoverUp is an app developed by a group of UK A level students that came third in the 2015 MIT Global Launch Club competition. Since then the students have been working hard to develop a beta...
In the Zone 2017
It sounds like the teaching staff at Sandringham School had a blast at their two-day start of term CPD event In the Zone!
Teacher Talk Videos
I am really looking forward to watching a new series of Teacher Talk videos produced by the staff at Durrington High School in Worthing.
Teach Like a Champion - Review from an Economics Teacher
My erstwhile colleague Roger Loxley has produced a superb blog reflecting on his Xmas reading of Doug Lemov's Teach like a Champion. This is highly recommended as a pot boiler for the new term.
Twenty-one Goals Every Educator Should Make in 2017
A hat tip to Russell Earnshaw for suggesting this blog from Kelly Crow, the Wired Educator. He suggests 21 ways to enhance and enrich your work as a teacher over the coming year. There is a...
Effective Revision Activities - The Saboteur
A huge thank you to all who attended our webinar on the resource called 'The Saboteur'.
Effective Revision Activities - Cowboy Shootout
A huge thank you to all who attended of our webinar on the resource called 'Cowboy Shootout'. If you missed the session, we introduced the activity and showed the attendees how to use the...
Does our education system destroy creativity?
Many teachers will have read the work of Sir Ken Robinson on education and creativity; discussion of that topic has been in the news headlines again over the half term break, with a widely shared...
Tom Sherrington on 10 Teaching Pitfalls
Here is a little half term reading! Tom Sherrington offers some sage advice for teachers of all experiences with a well-judged blog on 10 Teaching Pitfalls. Even after nearly 30 years at the...
How will the A* grade boundary be set in reformed A levels?
I've received lots of queries from the tutor2u teacher community in recent weeks in relation to how exam boards intend to award the A* grade for the new, reformed A level, given the demise of the...
Setting up self-marking multi-choice question tests
Following my webinar earlier this week on preparing students for synoptic/linear exams, I've received lots of questions from teachers about software they could use to set up their own self-marking...
Getting to know your students - provide responsibility
I'm a great believer that everyone in the classroom has a part to play in helping everyone in that classroom to learn - it is not just the teacher's job (regardless of what those helicopter parents...
What is it like to get your first teaching post?
The first hurdleIt's 3.30pm on a Friday and you’ve just received an email saying you have been successful in your job application and the school / college would like you to attend an interview on...
The most effective classroom layout
Here's a potentially useful infographic if you are lucky enough to have your own classroom and are considering a bit of a revamp for next academic year:
How to Speak so that People Want to Listen
I think this is one of the biggest challenges for teachers – for all of the guidance about speaking as little as possible in the classroom, sometimes there's not much option and you do actually...