Wilderness Downtown
Wilderness Downtown Earlier this week I put a call out to my PLN on Twitter for an inspirational video to show at a the digital conference (about which I blogged yesterday.) I had two suggestions made...
View ArticleMusings on gender differences
Last week I was moderating the UKedchat discussion on gender differences. For those who don’t know about this forum it is an excellent place for people interested in education to get together to...
View ArticlePromoting Reading
Bumface Today I worked with a group of teachers about firing up the teaching of reading. Here are some of my musings on the matter. Reading is an art and something which we should seek to pass onto...
View ArticleTMX presentation
Tonight I had to make my presentation for TMX from home as I was hit by manflu! My virtual #TMX presentation My presentation was about the Read for Joy wiki, the World map of Books and my general views...
View ArticleGrowing Greener Futures Conference Booklist
Just before I was lucky enough to attend the Growing Greener Futures Conference in Stockton which was organised by Martin Waller. I would advise people to read Martin’s blog post on the day for further...
View ArticleFilms to support environmental themes
Yesterday I posted a blog giving a lengthy list of books I recommended during my “How to make Book Soup” session and as promised I am now following it up with the list of videos which I gave to the...
View ArticleAuthors to know
Today I worked with another group of teachers about firing up the teaching of reading. Here are some of my musings on the matter. Many of you may have read the post ‘Promoting Reading’ which includes...
View ArticleGreat local CPD
At Teachmeet last week I talked about the importance of people working to collaborate and share good practice become even more important this year. In England (as well as many other countries) the...
View ArticleChoice Driven Story
As so many schools are covering the Olympics and Greeks this term I have been playing with an old idea to support literacy work. I was a great fan, many years ago, of the Fighting Fantasy books and...
View ArticleSecond World War resources (republished)
I have been working with some teachers recently looking at supporting them in their planning for forthcoming topics. IWM London I have decided to extend this work to develop a slightly more cross...
View ArticleGhost Island
I was flicking through Twitter whilst struggling with a piece of work from school and saw this image from the Twitter address of Abandoned Places. The picture is available here. The tweet simply...
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