gary davis

Head of Senior School, Science teacher, student advocate, Sunshine Coaster, luckiest husband and father

[gary davis @gdavismfac]

@KatieEHolmes_ Looks great Katie - are you happy to share more? looking to formalise our Study Skills “curriculum” through a revamped pastoral care time/approach.

[Tes magazine @tes]

Which GCSE subjects have suffered the biggest drop in entries? @DanWorth and @heymrshallahan analyse this year's GCSE results day data
https://t.co/nC6Jw76Mqm

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Sweden replacing all tablets with textbooks ➡️Another edtech experiment ends with millions wasted and worse outcomes for students. (The percentage of ten-year-olds with reading difficulties has risen from 12 to 19 percent in five years.)

[Jas Singh @TheJasSingh]

AI just replaced Excel forever…

No more formulas, functions and other weird numbers.

Here’s the AI version of Excel, aka Excel on steroids:

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[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

It’s incredible how nonsense like Myers-Briggs is still being used by employers in the recruitment process. Even in education.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

I hope you found those 26 tweets helpful!

This thread took an enormous amount of time, from reading news to developing the video/image tweets.

Let's have a gentleman's agreement 🤝

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[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

What Scientific American had to say about homework in 1860

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

ALWAYS BE ON TIME

The 1992 Dream Team had one rule: ALWAYS BE ON TIME! When you're late, it communicates that you either don't respect time or you don't respect the other person. If it was good enough for the greatest sports team of all-time, it's probably good enough for us.

[Margaret Thorsborne, OAM @ThorsborneMarg]

The Cost of Happiness for Education Leaders https://t.co/eRdn8oK14O via @ASCD Am liking this quote....Maybe “climate and culture” doesn’t have to refer to people’s contentment but to an environment of professional norms, high expectations, and consistent results.

[Justin McMillan @justinwmcmillan]

Instructional leadership is not about improving teachers; It is about creating the conditions where teachers can improve themselves. @SteeleThoughts #essentialtruths

[TCEA @TCEA]

Don't forget...

📸@teachergoals
#edchat #learning

[Rob Marchetto @RobMarchetto]

‘Indulgent parents who made every excuse under the sun, enabled and empowered entitlement and prevented the formation of an adult psychology’

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

This is so true! 🙌
📷 @jaimacklin

[Evan Robb @ERobbPrincipal]

Some profound truth here.

[Naureen Khalid @5Naureen]

Go to your schools and busts these myths implores @_kevinmcl #rEDBrum

[MFAC @mfac_edu_au]

Please refer to MyFlinders for the latest Principal's Message on College Operations for Friday, 4 March.

[Cris Tovani @ctovani]

When I observe teachers, it’s to learn what they care about and how I can better serve them so they can meet more student needs. It’s not to judge and fix them.

[Emily 🍎🌟 @EDUwithEmily]

Classrooms without windows should be illegal.