January 14, 2015
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The next Northampton Inspire Network Meeting is next Wednesday January 28th at 4.30pm. We’ll be in Sulgrave 034 (the art room) with refreshments available from 4pm. We’re going to be making creatures like these (on the right) using wire, paper, … Continue reading
January 13, 2015
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The next meeting of the Book Group will be on Monday 26th January at 17.30 in S036. Light refreshments will be provided. The book to be discussed will be ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime’ by Mark Haddon. … Continue reading
December 3, 2014
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Over the last few weeks we have been exploring digital technology with FDLT Y2 students. We were fortunate to have support from Rico Lowson and Sophie Burrows from the organisation Into Film. In the first session Rico and Sophie introduced … Continue reading
October 28, 2014
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Hello! I’m Lisa Shepherd and I am one of the tutors on the FDLT course. I will be working with year 2 groups in Oadby and at the University on completing the small scale school based research projects. I have … Continue reading
October 24, 2014
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Last week Dylan Wiliam tweeted this: I know that lots of you have thought about formative assessment as part of PDT1004 and in other modules when you are reflecting upon practice. I know from talking with you in sessions that … Continue reading
October 14, 2014
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The last radio programme in the series The Educators featured Salman Khan, who set up The Khan Academy. It uses online video lessons with a mission statement that reads: ‘For free. For everyone. Forever.’ You can read more about The … Continue reading
October 4, 2014
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Yesterday the government announced a review of the standards for teaching assistants. You can read the press release at this link: Press release – DfE 3rd October 2014 The review is expected to report back to the Secretary of State … Continue reading
September 29, 2014
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Hello, I’m Abbie Deeming and I am one of the tutors on the FDLT course. I will be working with both year 1 and year 2 groups across all three sites so I look forward to meeting you all; I … Continue reading
September 22, 2014
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On Wednesday 17th September Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Newcastle Sugata Mitra was interviewed by Sarah Montague on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Educators. It is available on i-player and I have saved it to Box … Continue reading
September 1, 2014
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On Wednesday 27th August Sarah Montague interviewed Tony Little on ‘The Educators’ on Radio 4. The programme is available on i-player and I will add it to Box of Broadcasts. As you can see from the programme blurb (left) Tony … Continue reading