November 23, 2017
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The FDLT Y2 Leicester group used their creative skills and Book Creator to make a collaborative book about some unexpected happenings in the classroom. Here’s the whole book on Google BookCreator: Classroom Adventures Here’s a version on YouTube: When making … Continue reading
October 20, 2017
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This week the FDLT Year 2 UN group explored the tools available in BookCreator in a session about supporting learning in English through using digital technology. You can read more about BookCreator and see some great examples here. They explored … Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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The current Children’s Laureate is Lauren Child and she is in this role from 2017 to 2019. This is what the Book trust said about her: “The role of Children’s Laureate is awarded once every two years to an eminent … Continue reading
September 15, 2017
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Today is National Teaching Assistant Day 2017. You can read more about it here The TAs and HLTAs on the FDLT and BALT courses are developing their existing roles in school with their university study. This often mean that their roles … Continue reading
September 4, 2017
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When you begin to take part in discussion about your setting and when you begin to write assignments you will need some basic information about your school to provide contextual background. It would be useful if you could collect this … Continue reading
August 25, 2017
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Over the last two weeks BBC2 have screened ‘No More Boys and Girls – Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?’ and it is also available on iPlayer until mid September. You can read more about it here. … Continue reading
August 21, 2017
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It is time to introduce yourself to your group before you start the course in September. We’re going to use Padlet for this. All you have to do is click on the link in the email sent to you to … Continue reading
July 24, 2017
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As a student of education there are many sources that you use to gather information to support your studies. As you begin your course you will be introduced to university resources to help you access academic books and journal articles … Continue reading
July 4, 2017
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If you are supporting learning in a school you can complete the TES Institute survey here.
June 23, 2017
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This week we celebrated the teaching assistants who have gained HLTA status at a ceremony in Leicester. You can read more about it As a University we received some great news. We received gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). … Continue reading