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Gregorian chanting meets hip-hop
When it comes to traditional subjects - the ones that have been taught and used effectively for centuries without the use of technology - the co-existence of old and selective use of the new seems to be the best way to innovate the curriculum. As we get to grips with the ‘new’ GCSEs and learn more about the workings of the mind and memory, check tests, dual coding, factual recall and retrieval practise are all making a comeback. We all have different purposes and assumptions.
10 Takeaway tips for teaching like Ant and Dec
Everyone loves a good double act: Morecambe and Wise, Laurel and Hardy, French and Saunders, Wallace and Gromit. Now Ant and Dec are the ‘nation’s favourites’. They recently scooped the National Television Presenter Award prize for the 15th year in a row, so they must be doing something right! The opening show of their latest 2016 series of Saturday Night Takeaway attracted 7.3 million viewers. So, if they have found a winning formula, what can we learn from it? Start with the end in mind.
Experience the past by way of the future
Coming to a classroom near you… Virtual Reality (or simply VR), the immersive learning experience that enables students to see, feel, and smell the past! Sound a bit futuristic? Well, VR is here to stay. Various incarnations have been used in films, medicine, science, art, leisure, and now it’s making its way into schools.
A History Teaching Toolbox
A History Teaching Toolbox Volume 1 and Volume 2 are the perfect handbooks for busy classroom teachers eager to try out some new strategies with their students. In each volume, more than 60 tried and tested activities and approaches are organised into helpful categories and explained with step-by-step instructions and topic-specific examples to illustrate how they can be immediately employed.
7 ways to start your year with great relationships
For the new year, I wanted to share some simple techniques for getting to know your new students (and maybe some old ones a little better!) by establishing and continuing to build lasting positive relationships which will reap cumulative dividends in the classroom. It’s an old fashioned approach - the teachers who made a positive impact upon you have been doing it for years. Learning productively with students is all about relationships, how you make them feel, as Maya Angelou knew.
Revolutionising lessons with VR magic
How do you rev up your lessons without even starting the minibus? We’ve been trying some of the latest educational innovations with the intention of exploring their use in the classroom to enhance or improve the learning experiences of children and young adults. Virtual Reality (VR) is a term that has been utilised in the gaming industry for the past three decades, and found its origin in science fiction writing three decades before that.
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