What is ChatGPT and why does it matter? Here’s everything you need to know | ZDNET
This AI chatbot’s advanced conversational capabilities have created quite the buzz. Here’s what you need to know: What is ChatGPT and why does it matter? Here’s everything you need to … Continue reading
Boss or Leader?
I have experienced wonderful and appalling leaders in my time in education and this infographic just about sums up the differences between the best and the worst. It might be … Continue reading
Sketchnotes and Concept Maps Can Increase Comprehension | Edutopia
Organizational drawings – concept maps and sketchnotes, for example – help students see gaps in their learning while boosting comprehension by fourfold. By visually mapping their knowledge, organizational sketches help … Continue reading
Using Hand Signals for More Equitable Discussions | Edutopia
Whether your class discussions are online or off, hand signals enable students to engage in multiple ways. Because hand signals allow students to engage both verbally and nonverbally, conversations that … Continue reading
English For Adults | BBC Teach
Free videos and downloadable worksheets to help adult learners improve their English language reading, writing, spelling and grammar. Source: English For Adults | BBC Teach
The woman whose paintings changed science forever | BBC Ideas
The incredible story of the 17th Century artist and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, told using animation based on her own illustrations. Watch the “The woman whose paintings changed science forever … Continue reading
Cultivating Growth Mindsets in Classroom Makerspaces | Edutopia
When students are given space to tinker, overcome challenges, and explore independently and joyfully, opportunities to build up resilience and perseverance abound. via: Cultivating Growth Mindsets in Classroom Makerspaces | … Continue reading
Resources to Fight Bullying and Harassment at School | Edutopia
Although this list is now a couple of years old, it’s still a great one-stop shop for websites, organizations, articles, planning guides, lesson plans, and other resources dedicated to preventing … Continue reading
The 7 Stages of Summer Break For Teachers | Bored Teachers | YouTube
Huge Emotions and the Adolescent Brain | Edutopia
Teachers can use clips from the movie Turning Red to explore with students the ways adolescence changes the brain. Read more here: Huge Emotions and the Adolescent Brain | Edutopia
If you do one thing to end this school year successfully, watch this seminar.
It has been a long and difficult academic year bringing disruption and challenges which have, between them, thwarted the scope and pace of school development planning. End the year on … Continue reading
The World Needs More Purple Schools by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart | YouTube
How do you make a purple school? It will take curiousity, sharing, hard work, and lots of laughs! Buy the book here:
Sir Ken Robinson’s Legacy Continues
Probably the most influential educator of recent generations, Sir Ken Robinson inspired many with his wise words delivered with humour and insight. Do Schools Kill Creativity is still the most-watched … Continue reading
Finishing Class Strong With Optimistic Closures | Edutopia
The best closing activities use social and emotional practices to reinforce the day’s lessons, so students leave feeling confident – and competent – on their learning journey. Via: Finishing Class … Continue reading
How to Learn From Your Mistakes | MindTools.com
Learning from your mistakes is one thing. Putting what you’ve learned into practice is another. Follow these five steps to avoid repeating those mistakes. Find out more here: How to … Continue reading
Be interested, be curious, hear what’s not said: how I learned to really listen to people | The Guardian
Being a good listener isn’t just about shutting up and not interrupting – it’s about really taking in what someone is telling you. I thought the correct response was to … Continue reading
Project-Based Learning – Dispelling Some Myths
We have long argued the importance of Project-Based Learning (PBL) as a vehicle for increasing student advocacy and engagement towards raising standards. Indeed, countries like Singapore and Finland, who perform … Continue reading
Why Stories Are More Powerful Than You Think | BBC Ideas
There’s a Native American proverb that says, “The one who tells the story rules the world.” Stories have the potential to be incredibly powerful. They’re able to change how we … Continue reading
Black History Month | Spilling The Black Tea | The Social
“Black History Month is a time for celebration.” Join Amanda Calley as she navigates Black History Month in the UK and discusses different aspects of Black British history, culture and … Continue reading
6 Must-Watch TEDx Talks to Kick Off the School Year | Edutopia
In less than 20 minutes each, these six brilliant TEDx Talks explore topics like chronic exhaustion, cultural identity, and emotional intelligence, among others. Via: 6 Must-Watch TEDx Talks to Kick … Continue reading
Young People’s Trust For the Environment | Teachers Resources
The Young People’s Trust for the Environment is a charity that aims to encourage young people’s understanding of the environment and the need for sustainability. They have many resources for … Continue reading
Boosting Executive Function in Teenagers
The teenage years bring a certain amount of hormonal mayhem to young people at the very time that they are required to exercise more responsibility for organising their lives. The … Continue reading
Recovering from lockdown: Five tips to boost your child’s vocabulary
There is growing evidence that the lockdown has had an impact on young children’s language skills, according to research seen exclusively by BBC News. Assistant head teacher Victoria Day is … Continue reading
FREE access during lockdown 2021 | imoves
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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
Research-Backed Strategies for Better Classroom Management | Edutopia
When students act out in class, it can be challenging to find positive ways to address their behaviour. Here’s what the research suggests works best. Read more here: Research-Backed Strategies … Continue reading
Visible Learning Could End Exams
I found this article from Eduwells very interesting in moving the debate about the nature of learning forward. It puts forward a model for how the idea of the terminal … Continue reading
Addressing ‘Readiness to Learn’: Social, Economic and Educational Perspectives
The Coronavirus pandemic, and the disruption of learning that it has wreaked, has thrown into sharp focus the interface between learning that takes place at home and that which takes … Continue reading
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