How to use Google AR and VR to inspire learning
Students: the main actors in the learning process
A view of Flipped Learning from the students themselves. What did they say and what can we learn from this?
From HIP to FLIP
‘From HIP to FLIP’ Alex More – Nov 17 Read Time: 11 mins approx. Word up Hipsters and welcome to our blog. I hope you enjoy reading this first entry about F ...
The Talking Teachers
A brand new Podcast for anyone interested in education Joe and Lorna have created an excellent podcast. They chat teaching, learning, well being and an ...
STEAM planned projects 2019 – 2020
Science Technology Engineering Art and Maths at Shaftesbury School We have 18 students aged 11-14 years of age currently engaged in the CREST Silver aw ...
Ghost nets haunting our oceans
A team of Eco-entrepreneurs find new uses for destructive nylon fishing nets and explore alternatives Ghost nets are commercial fishing nets that ...
‘No Subject is an island’ The Power of STEM
In this blog, I am going to share the work of a group of students aged 12 to 14 years who have used STEM work to challenge perceptions about sustainability. ...
Why research rocks? … part 1
By Alex More Read time: 5.2 mins Teacher led research is powerful in creating new knowledge. In this blog, I plan to give all teachers a simple guide on how to ...
Questioning, a teachers guide.
By Alex More I often get asked 'what's the best way to question students?'. There is no silver bullet but what follows is a short guide on how to structure your ...
The first 60 seconds
By Alex More Your students have been born into a time within our history where knowledge is instant. At a click of a button or a tap, they have access to a weal ...
Agile Learning Spaces
By Alex More Inspired by Prof Stephen Heppell's work on agile learning spaces I have been experimenting with ways to reduce paper use and maximise learning time ...
2019
By Alex More Happy New Year and sorry it's been a while since we last blogged. As one year ends and another begins it's tempting to pen a blog on 2018 and the ...