Digital Leaders @ Uphall Primary School.
A couple of Saturdays ago now, I presented at the brilliant #tmlovelibraries at Edinburgh Central Library. My presentation/discussion was about using Digital Leaders, from set up to the end of their...
View ArticleKings, Nuns and Team Teaching.
Long Live the King! No, not a post about the Royal Infant. This is about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and how he helped engage a less-than-motivated S4 English class. I’m an English teacher in Glasgow,...
View ArticleA Light That Never Goes Out
Cross-posted from http://justtryingtobebetter.net/ This may or may not have happened. He handed me his first piece of writing homework and, of course, it was illegible. ‘I’m not good at writing’, he’d...
View ArticleMy Journey to the Scottish Digital Leaders Network.
On Wednesday 25th September, I presented at the SLF teachmeet on the topic of the Scottish Digital Leaders Network. Here is that presentation 2 years ago I taught ICT across the school as RCCT...
View ArticleA TERM WITH YEAR 9 – HOW CAN I SHOW MY STUDENTS HISTORY MATTERS?
Why is history in the curriculum? I’m not being rude but it doesn’t actually help you in your daily life.” To punish people.” So if anyone asks you a question you could answer instead of saying I don’t...
View ArticleNationalModeration.co.uk – a new(ish) approach to assessment moderation
As requested by @fkelly , I’ve decided to throw a quick post together about www.nationalmoderation.co.uk – a service I created to allow Scottish teachers to share their own unit assessments for the new...
View Article#PedagooWonderland
0530 on a Saturday morning is difficult, cold and after another long night of the ashes, very miserable. However, I was off to a Pedagoo event, packed with exciting speakers, thoughtful teachers,...
View Article#pedagooglasgow
It’s been a while coming but I’m in the proud position to announce that PedagooGlasgow is on. After some healthy consultation with the University of Strathclyde, we will be holding an event on Saturday...
View ArticleHigh Impact
‘Impact’ is a word which has become increasingly popular in pedagogy. Teachers and leaders in education – increasingly skeptical of an implied focus on school data which comes with the word ‘progress’...
View ArticleA New Approach for those in Danger of Failure?
As a teacher, how does this grab you as a challenge? You are to be part of a team working with 30 pupils from the south side of Glasgow? They are identified as being at risk of disengagement, but with...
View ArticleArts learning resources from The Fruitmarket Gallery
The Fruitmarket Gallery is an art gallery funded by the taxpayer displaying exhibitions of work that are not for sale. The Gallery brings the work of some of the world’s most important contemporary...
View ArticleKings, Nuns and Team Teaching.
Long Live the King! No, not a post about the Royal Infant. This is about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and how he helped engage a less-than-motivated S4 English class. I’m an English teacher in Glasgow,...
View ArticleA Light That Never Goes Out
Cross-posted from http://justtryingtobebetter.net/ This may or may not have happened. He handed me his first piece of writing homework and, of course, it was illegible. ‘I’m not good at writing’, he’d...
View ArticleMy Journey to the Scottish Digital Leaders Network.
On Wednesday 25th September, I presented at the SLF teachmeet on the topic of the Scottish Digital Leaders Network. Here is that presentation 2 years ago I taught ICT across the school as RCCT...
View ArticleA TERM WITH YEAR 9 – HOW CAN I SHOW MY STUDENTS HISTORY MATTERS?
Why is history in the curriculum? I’m not being rude but it doesn’t actually help you in your daily life.” To punish people.” So if anyone asks you a question you could answer instead of saying I don’t...
View ArticleBoarding Pass – @FernwoodDT
I saw this idea on Twitter originally and like most of our resources it was amended to our students. The concept is simple the ‘Boarding Pass’ is given to students as they enter the classroom and are...
View ArticleAn iPad is ‘just’ another tool for learning
There has always been plenty of attention given to the Apple iPad, especially when it is mentioned in the same breath as education. But what we must always remember is it is just another tool for...
View ArticleMy Journey to the Scottish Digital Leaders Network.
On Wednesday 25th September, I presented at the SLF teachmeet on the topic of the Scottish Digital Leaders Network. Here is that presentation 2 years ago I taught ICT across the school as RCCT...
View ArticleA TERM WITH YEAR 9 – HOW CAN I SHOW MY STUDENTS HISTORY MATTERS?
Why is history in the curriculum? I’m not being rude but it doesn’t actually help you in your daily life.” To punish people.” So if anyone asks you a question you could answer instead of saying I don’t...
View ArticleNationalModeration.co.uk – a new(ish) approach to assessment moderation
As requested by @fkelly , I’ve decided to throw a quick post together about www.nationalmoderation.co.uk – a service I created to allow Scottish teachers to share their own unit assessments for the new...
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