In the last 2 years CPD has been nonexistent or provided by access to mini online courses (basic & uninspiring). My lifeline to inspiration & the thing that has consistently challenged my thinking & teaching has been the @Rethinking_Ed podcast. Thank you! #edutwitter
✅ Should students look at each other’s work? 🤩
Mandala Barab explores in detail how students giving each other feedback can create an environment of peer support, instant feedback which can be immediately actioned and a much more manageable workload.
https://t.co/HlqdCMfjmc
https://t.co/ve8IKBgl8n watch this excellent walk-thru of the #5minutelessonplan by @TeacherToolkit its the best planning instruction I've come across because it challenges you to think about what you want students to learn as opposed to do, and sets you up for quality teaching.
@KellyLBuxton @Kieran_M_Ed @MrSmithRE @MorgsEd @Mr_AlmondED Couldn’t agree more! Just listened to this and thought it was full of really good ideas and insights.
@MrsTeacher5 I think I’d have said that I minded but how considerate and thoughtful of her to ask employing the over-positive tone of the classroom used to encourage my Year 1’s
@katief1978@DonaldClark It’s honestly changed my perspective on it… we’re often stuck in doing things the same way instead of using activities that children are independently using and teaching them how to develop better skills in those areas.
Finally got around to listening to this epic, wonderfully challenging and impactful episode of the @Rethinking_Ed podcast with @DonaldClark https://t.co/B9OukTUIym
@RethinkingJames @Rethinking_Ed @DonaldClark I’ve been in the complete-the-PGCE cave for most of the last year so I’m defo playing catch up now. Will work my way through the backlog slowly though, honestly the podcast is always such an inspiration for me :)
Both @RethinkingJames & @DonaldClark made me think about the future of teaching through their conversation. Time to embrace the future and so took the plunge and signed to a MOOC on teaching coding to my Year 1 students & absolutely loving it. #edutwitter
@TeacherToolkit I’d kill for one of these now. Working in Cambodia where there are no smart boards and you can’t buy a visualiser I resort to using a webcam blu tacked to a camera tripod which manages to show half of what I’m doing as long as I position the paper at a quirky angle.
@NikaMagSlt Great reminder that there are many different layers to the curriculum. Considering the taught curriculum is the product of teachers, it seems entirely logical that this goes hand in hand with teacher development, which is not guaranteed working in an international school sadly.
Mapped out the structure of an explicit lesson based on my reading of Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend.
📙 https://t.co/cNM4SUNrna