Assessing without levels - but still with grades
The UK's Department for Education recently removed the need for secondary schools (11-18) to use National Curriculum Levels to determine student progress in years 7-11 or Key Stage 3 as it's known. I'm...
View ArticleFree schools: enemy of the state, or a much-needed boost to education?
I don't mind admitting I was on strike this week for two reasons: because I'm a fee-paying member of a union that democratically voted for action and because I don't recognise the terms and conditions...
View ArticleBlue sky thinking
Recently, I was appointed Head of Department at Gildredge House School in Eastbourne. The school is right through from reception to sixth form and currently only has 2 year groups. It's a real...
View ArticleThe importance of reinvigoration
I've just got back from ILILC, the only teaching conference I've attended but one that, for me, ticks all the boxes:Relevant? Tick. This conference is primarily aimed at MFL teachers who love to use...
View ArticleAn ode to independent learning
This week has, for some reason, raised my hackles and made me re-think my approach to teaching (handy, that, given that I'll have some gained time this term to do something about it...).Monday saw my...
View ArticleClassdojo and other "stuff"
Since ililc2013 in Southampton, I've been tinkering a little more than usual with my edtech. I signed up to a regular Learning Development Group at my school, Durrington High, at the beginning of the...
View ArticleWindows revisited
So I moved back to Microsoft last week, after several months of deliberating. My Macbook was getting a bit tired and I could see no way of affording an upgrade on a teacher's salary (oh for the days in...
View ArticleThe cost of new tech
I'm currently considering a replacement to my five-year-old Macbook and it got me thinking. I need to update my tech because I need to work more efficiently and keep up with newer advances in...
View ArticleTrying out
So today I tried out a couple of tech applications I saw at the weekend. The first one was Socrative which I've previously tried out at a Durrington CPD session but was inspired to try again by Lisa...
View ArticleILILC3 2013
My goodness, what a weekend. Having been encouraged to propose a session at the ICT Links Into Language Conference 2013 at some point back in 2012, I suggested looking at how emerging subtitling...
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