Following from my previous post on Minecraft and Medieval Castles I have been thinking about other ideas to support numerical reasoning through the theme of medieval castles and using Minecraft. This time I started from a question I created in this…
Month: January 2014
Numerical Reasoning for a medieval master mason
Posted in Blog, CPD, iPad Integration Tagged with: Area, CollaboratEd, CPD, Experiences, Fractions, Framework, Games, Gaming, iPad, Literacy, LNF, Maths, Minecraft, Numeracy, Numerical Reasoning, Percentage, PowerPoint, Questions, Ratio, Resources, Support, Tests, Training, Wales
HiCortex Brainstorming
Today I came across a fantastic new tool for online and collaborative brainstorming. It’s name is HiCortex Brainstorming and the highly energetic and inspiring Roger Hiscott (@rhncafc) told me about it today. I have already tried and loved DropTask, that comes…
Posted in Blog, CPD Tagged with: Brainstorming, Classroom, CollaboratEd, collaboration, Collaborative learning, CPD, HiCortex Brainstorming, iMindMap, learners, learning, Linoit, Padlet, Professional Development, School, Tools, Training Experiences
Comparing the old and new Science Curriculum in England
With the “gap” year off the curriculum to give schools time to review their existing provision and adapt their curriculum with the now published Curriculum 2014 that will become statutory from September 2014 I thought Heads of Science would find…
Posted in CPD, Uncategorized Tagged with: ASE, Biology, Chemistry, CollaboratEd, CPD, Curriculum, KS3, New, Old, Physics, Range, Repeatability, Science, Subjects, Working Scientifically
Paired Reading with Puppet Pals
If you are a teacher and you own an iPad you will have heard of a great app called Puppet Pals, especially if you teach in Primary School. One fun way I used Puppet Pals was with my four boys, 2,…
Posted in Blog, iPad Integration Tagged with: Animation, Books, Children, CollaboratEd, CPD, Creative, creativity, Education, Family, iPad, learners, learning, Literacy, Oracy, Paired Reading, Parents, Puppet Pals, Reading, Skills, Stories
Peer Coaching Interview with Les Foltos
On the 18th February we will moderate the Welsh Education Twitter chat #addcym and bring with us a very special and highly experienced guest, Les Foltos (Director of Educational Innovation at Peer-Ed). Les is a worldwide authority in Peer Coaching…
Posted in Blog, CPD Tagged with: Broadcast, Coaching, CollaboratEd, CPD, Education, G+, Google+, Hangout, Interview, learning, Les Foltos, On Air, Peer Coaching
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