February 23, 2015
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Last week creativity was in the news as the Warwick Commission launched their report ‘Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth’ and the BBC launched their ‘Get Creative’ celenration of the arts, culture and creativity across the UK. ‘Enriching Britain: Culture, … Continue reading
February 16, 2015
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Teaching assistants from Leicestershire, Northants and Derby took part in a great day of workshops on Friday 13th February at Beauchamp College, Oadby. The morning workshop led by Eva Cartwright, Principal of the Teaching Assistant College, focused on creative strategies … Continue reading
February 9, 2015
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On Tuesday evening (10th February) at 8pm on Channel 4 there is an interesting TV programme – The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds. It is an observational documentary that follows ten four-year-old children at nursery – the nursery … Continue reading
February 6, 2015
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Dom Murphy has recommended this blog as a useful and inspiring one to follow and read: You can access it at this link. Tim Rylands is an experienced primary school teacher who uses digital technology to support and inspire learning. … Continue reading
January 23, 2015
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What is TeachMeet? Come along to an evening of sharing teaching and learning ideas. We’ll have mini presentations on creative classroom activities across the curriculum and there will be lots of ideas you can start using straight away. Everyone is welcome … Continue reading
November 7, 2014
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You might have noticed some headlines in the media last week about the use of ‘lavish praise’ in learning and teaching. This has come from the report published by The Sutton Trust called ‘What makes great teaching?’ You can read … 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
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