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
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
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
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
FREE access during lockdown 2021 | imoves
Get everything you need to maximise active learning during lockdown with ready-made, easy to share resources! Get free access to imoves during 2021 lockdown – CLICK HERE to sign up!
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
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
The Problem with the Education System
This short cartoon originally came appended to an article on examinations. I thought it was profound enough to merit a place of its own as a statement about the root … Continue reading
Music collaboration across two continents… technology promoting cultural education!
Good to see my friend Phil Rooke receiving some recognition for his musical collaboration across two continents… we should be doing more of this. Working between schools in Australia and … Continue reading
Examination Revision: End of Learning Event, or Development Process?
You may think this is an inopportune time to be talking about examination revision, but that depends whether you view it as an end of learning event or a development … Continue reading
With Stress in Schools Increasing, Simple Strategies to Stay Calm | Edutopia
In North Carolina, a program offers ‘rapid resets’ to help teachers and students calm their minds and bodies and get back to learning. The simple techniques, called rapid resets, are … Continue reading
Happy World Teacher’s Day!
From Google for Education: This World Teachers’ Day, we are celebrating everyone helping to keep students learning—whether in a classroom, at home, or somewhere in between.
Black History Month: ‘This story is the future’ | BBC Sport
Black History Month on BBC Sport launches with the film Black History Matters, written and voiced by Deanna Rodger. View it here: Black History Month: ‘This story is the future’ … Continue reading
Back to School 2020: How Bitesize are supporting children, parents and teachers | BBC Bitesize
Here’s what BBC Bitesize doing to support teachers, parents and students in the new school year. The school experience may be very different this time, with staggered school days, year … Continue reading
2 words that can help check your assumptions about people | TED.com
Asking “so what?” can bring out your hidden beliefs and ideas, says career strategist Gail Tolstoi-Miller. Source: 2 words that can help check your assumptions about people | TED.com
Sir Ken Robinson – a man who refused to see human potential wasted and had faith in the creativity of us all
I’ve been shocked to hear of the death of the staunchest advocate of creativity and human potential that is Sir Ken Robinson. I tend to be iconoclastic – show me … Continue reading
Not-Racist v Anti-Racist: What’s the Difference? | BBC Bitesize
John Amaechi describes the difference between being not-racist and anti-racist. There’s a big difference between being not-racist and being anti-racist. I know it doesn’t seem like it. I know that … Continue reading
The Science Behind Brain Breaks | Edutopia
Research shows that breaks can provide more than rest. Use them to boost creativity, cognitive function, and social skills. Read more here: The Science Behind Brain Breaks | Edutopia … Continue reading
Beyond Covid 19: Education in the Time of Corona, June 6th 2020
I’m honoured to be part of this panel of distinguished educators on the Online Educational Leadership Forum for a discussion about education beyond the virus. The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented … Continue reading
How to travel the world from your bedroom during lockdown | BBC Bitesize
See some of the most popular tourist attractions through virtual tours, photographs and videos. Source: How to travel the world from your bedroom during lockdown | BBC Bitesize
Space to Learn: Painting the Perfect Planet with Astronaut Nicole Stott Tuesday 28th April
Nicole Stott – Astronaut, Environmentalist, Engineer, Pilot and Artist – Joins Space to Learn Painting the Perfect Planet A FREE live Interactive astronaut episodes are beamed out every Tuesday in … Continue reading
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