Quiz: Can you tackle a Victorian exam paper? | BBC Bitesize
Test your knowledge against this test from 1859. Quiz: Can you tackle a Victorian exam paper? | BBC Bitesize
Covid-hit pupils ‘should be allowed to repeat a year’ | BBC News
Pupils in England who have lost out on significant learning time due to the pandemic should be allowed to repeat a year, say education policy experts. Certain pupils should get … Continue reading
New Directions in Learning
I am indebted to Michael McKnight for sharing this diagram which sets some clear directions for resetting learning and education for the 21st century. Discuss… Further reading: Neuroscience and Education: … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Becoming Human
Human beings become human through connection Michael McKnight lays out the path and the aspiration for quality learning, and quality relationships.
Low-Tech Scientific Exploration for Students at Home | Edutopia
A teacher shares ideas on how students can explore common phenomena with simple materials in and around their homes. Technology is now an essential part of education, as the vast … Continue reading
How to Maslow Before Bloom, All Day Long | Edutopia
Morning meetings are a good place to start, but what you really need is a toolkit of strategies to meet your students’ social and emotional needs all day long. Prioritizing … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 | Eight Chinese proverbs to help with modern life
The longer the string, the higher the kite will fly. The Chinese are famous for their proverbs, or yànyŭ: words of wisdom gathered from literature or uttered by famous philosophers … Continue reading
How to Set Up a School Science Fair During the Pandemic | Edutopia
Jodie Deinhammer, a school science teacher, preps her students for science fair by exploring their interest in real-world issues. In my experience, when a teacher starts the process by saying, … Continue reading
Virtual library gives children in England free book access | BBC News
Children in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library. Internet classroom Oak National Academy created the library after schools moved to remote learning … Continue reading
Parents find all-day Zoom less captivating than they expected | The Guardian
Scrambling for devices and dashing naked from the shower: lockdown 2 has created new hurdles for families – and schools Having every child simultaneously learning online each day has left … Continue reading
Dialogue Generator
Free creative writing exercises and prompts, from WritingExercises.co.uk The aim of these writing prompts is to help with dialogue writing. This can be useful for narrative writing. When you click … Continue reading
How to Mentor New Teachers Virtually | Edutopia
Experienced and new teachers shared what they learned in the spring about how to make mentoring work during the pandemic. Read the article by Alan Neville and Janeen Outka here: How to … Continue reading
Lockdown Learning: BBC puts school materials on TV, iPlayer and online
The BBC is helping school children keep up with their studies amid the latest lockdown to control Covid-19 in the UK. Primary and secondary schools are closed to most pupils, … Continue reading
Learning to be Kind
It was relatively recently that I reviewed many of the students I’ve taught over the course of my career to see if there were common strands. Of course, the students … Continue reading
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020 | Edutopia
Edutopia has reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized … Continue reading
Global Edu – FREE Google Slides Presentation Template | Deeezy
Free Google Slides Presentation Template by Pradipta Creative on Deeezy. Download for free here (Deeezy registration is required): Global Edu – Free Google Slides Presentation Template | Deeezy
Has the Pandemic Ushered in New Norms in Education? | Edutopia
Less reliance on high-stakes testing and more emphasis on student choice could be here to stay. Pedagogical growth is the kind of growth we need to recharge and reimagine education. … Continue reading
BBC delivers biggest Education offer in its history – including devoting significant airtime to Education on BBC Two | Media Centre
Education is absolutely vital – the BBC is here to play its part and I’m delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.”— Tim Davie, … Continue reading
Five Things to Learn in 2021 | BBC Bitesize
Learning something new is a great way to keep your brain active. From computer programming to the art of calligraphy, there are plenty of strings you could add to your … Continue reading
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