Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Digest(ive) where I endeavour to bring together some of the more interesting goings on in the educational blogosphere to save you the hassle of trawling through it all. Please send me links that you think our colleagues will find of interest either by commenting on this post, emailing creativeeducationltd@gmail.com or tweeting me @creativeedu
Here are today’s highlights:
- UK Ed Chat Summary is now live following Thursday’s chat about lesson observations
- Inspired by the conversation I put together a post: Ten Top Tips: Lesson Observations
- You can find some tips on Classroom Discipline here
- And a further tips on Tackling Low Level Disruptive Behaviour here
- The DfE has announced Review of Key Stage 2 Tests which will affect many of you
- A teacher reflects on the immense amount of learning his class did when they became Accidental Learners on a geography field trip
- Teachers: Please Stop Prohibiting the Use of Wikipedia – One parent’s view
- An inspiring video about Helping Children to Say ‘I Can!’
- Reverse the Label – Focusing on the Student First, rather than their disability
- More Similar than Different – Aussie and Indian children learnt they have much in common once they got chatting on Skype, you could try it too…
- Wikid Science KS3 – reflections on the new Year 8 units
- Inspiring Learners with Technology…. And No Electricity in Lesotho
- How to Evaluate Educational Apps for iPods and iPads
- How Do You Fancy Winning £50K for Yourself and £100K for your School?
If there is anything you’d like to see in tomorrow’s Daily Digest please send me a link either by commenting on this post, emailing creativeeducationltd@gmail.com or tweeting me @creativeedu
Many thanks to the following who either wrote the blog posts above or pointed me in their direction:
@ProEdNet @dmchugh675 @NMHS_Principal @cat_8903 @whatedsaid @ewanmcintosh @web20classroom @UKEdChat @stephenteacher @philtowndrow @chickensaltash @cleverfiend