Practical Teaching Advice, Ideas and Opinion

Archive for December 2010

Lesson planning – necessary evil?

How much time should you be spending planning your lessons?

Should lessons be planned down to the tiniest detail or should we be a little free-er in our planning?

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How to Set up a Class Blog in Five Minutes

You can set up a class blog in five minutes and the benefits to your pupils are immense

Make your new year’s resolution to start up a blog for your class Blogging is an exciting way to get your class working together and fully engaged.  I recently discussed 10 Reasons You Should Get Your Class Blogging and the response has been great.  It seems that lots of teachers have decided that their new year’s resolution is to get their class blogging.  But not everyone is sure how. Out of the Box vs Bespoke You can spend a lot of time developing a bespoke blog using wordpress.org or similar, but the impression I’m getting is that the majority of

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You’re Not That Amazing – Learn to Steal

'stealing' or sharing ideas will broaden your scope and lessen your workload

Why one important lesson that new teachers should learn is how to steal other teachers’ great lessons!

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Twitter is making me a More Reflective Teacher

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A teacher talks about how Twitter has encouraged him to reflect on and improve his teaching practice

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School-based teacher training – yes?

Is college or school based learning a better preparation for new teachers?

A look at whether initial teacher training is better conducted in school or at college

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Don’t Let Students Off The Hook – Make them Sweat!

Maybe the easy route of asking the kid who KNOWS the answers isn't always the best route?

Stress can sometimes be good. Stretching students will teach them more than giving them an easy ride.

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Behaviour in school – whose responsibility is it?

Is working in conjunction with families more effective than the old fashioned approach?

A look at whether behaviour is the responsibility of teachers, parents or both

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Does social networking result in poor grades?

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Why one teachers doesn’t agree that social networking is a waste of time that results in poor grades

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20 Top Educational Tweeters: Newbies

20 up and coming tweeters to add to your PLN

A list of 20 up and coming educational tweeters for you to add to your PLN

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Why Every Teacher Should Have Two Websites

Why every teacher should have not just one, but two websites!

Every teacher should have at least two websites. One for the class, and one for the world.

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10 Reasons you should get your class blogging

Blogging is a great way to engage pupils and increase their confidence

Class blogging is the future – and here are ten reasons why!

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Creative Education Blog Round Up

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The most popular blog posts from the Creative Education Blog’s first half term

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“You’re Well Hot Miss!” Managing Sexual Comments in the Classroom

jokey comments can be the thin end of the wedge.  It's vital to tackle them appropriately

How to handle sexual comments in the classroom before they escalate.

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The Daily Digest(ive) December 16th 2010

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The last digest of term includes the usual wide range of educational blog posts

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Books that Boys like to Read

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Getting boys into reading can sometimes be hard so I’ve assembled some great advice in this blog post

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