Last Monday we had the great pleasure of working on Numerical Reasoning with SIG-24, a group of 11 schools headed by the tireless Janet Hayward (Headteacher at Cadoxton Primary School). The schools brought some learners from their Year 4 and…
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Numerical Reasoning with SIG-24
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Educational Research – why should we bother?
This post is a couple of weeks overdue, as it is an attempt to summarise my recent visit to the ASE Conference in Reading. The title of the post might startle you a little bit, but it makes sense, because…
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Flipped Classroom Infographics
If you have ever considered using the Flipped Classroom, or if you want to learn more about it, this infographics shows some interesting findings. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
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The Accessible Classroom: How Technology Helps Students with Disabilities
Technology is something that every student will need to be familiar with when they enter the world of work, but being aware of the tools that are available and how they can be used might be particularly important for students who have…
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Never memorise something that you can look up
The image and quote alone are genius, just like the man who pronounced those words and this post could be terminated here, but I will add something more to put in context what inspired this blog post from the image and quote. Albert…
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Leonardo Da Vinci would have played Clash of Clans
Have you ever played Clash of Clans? Well, you should for a number of really good reasons that I will explain in this blog post, but most of all because Leonard Da Vinci would have definitely played this great game, if he…
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CollaboratEd landed in Italy
Science on Stage 2011 The story of how CollaboratEd ended up training Italian physics teachers has its origins in Copenhagen during the 2011 Science on Stage Europe (before CollaboratEd was born) where I had the good fortune of representing Britain. In Copenhagen,…
Skimming and scanning with Rosetta
You must have heard something in the news about the Rosetta probe and its chase of Comet 67P. News items like this one offer tremendous opportunities to develop a number of skills, but in this post I want to focus…
Bolt vs Blake in numbers
I spotted the infographic below on the Telegraph website at the end of the 2012 Games and I thought it was a terrific resource to explore a develop of numeracy skills in an engaging way. You can infer information and trends…
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National Digital Learning Awards 2014
Today we had a nice surprise when a parcel arrived for CollaboratEd. In fact, the project we submitted at the Hwb National Digital Learning Awards this year in the Commercial Category was highly commended by the judges for the way it bridged…
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