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 ...
27 Minutes is optimum learning time
The 27 Minute revision plan by Alex More Based on the research into ALT (Academic Learning Time) I have devised a simple revision plan which works arou ...
How to have an exceptional year
5 tips to boss this academic year. It's that time of year when we start to think about the teaching year ahead. The results are out, timetables are done an ...
Classrooms of the Future
By Alex More 'In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that ...
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 ...