We are currently busy with a unit that focuses on sustainable development. As a school, the faculty have had significant professional development on the Sustainable Development Goals. Students have a reasonably in-depth knowledge of the importance of SDGs and have explored some of these in two other subjects. There are some […]
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Assessment for Learning
Assessment for learning (Bennett, 2011) for me is one of the silver bullets in a teachers’ arsenal, and I make extensive and everyday use of (mostly) digitally supported assessments. My focus is always seeking ways to enhance engagement, measure specific aspects of learning and gathering data. In doing […]
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10 Characteristics of the Inquiry Classroom
A long-time follower of Trevor Mackenzie and Holly Clark, I was fortunate enough to attend a great day of professional development with them. The graphic below got me wondering what we as educators do for these 10 characteristics. As a keen user of technology in my classroom, I thought I […]
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Nearpod and Newsela
Newsela and lesson features of Nearpod. If you are familiar with these tools follow this link for more information about the partnership. A quick introduction of these two tools if you are unfamiliar with them (taken from https://www.commonsense.org/education/) Newsela is an online news-as-literacy platform (and Chrome app) that features current, high-interest articles […]
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Classroom Screen
Now and then you stumble across some real gems. As a long-term proponent of technology use in the classroom, I love tools that follow the 3-click rule. ClassroomScreen does everything in 3 or fewer actions. With zero setup required you simply access ClassroomScreen and off you go. The work symbol options […]
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Classcraft & Engagement
I am not sure how I came across Classcraft, however, it completely changed the dynamic and engagement levels for my middle school students. Whilst there are many superb features, the one that your students are going to go dilly over, will be the powers they earn by getting XP […]