This is my fathers day haul. My daughter made me some truffle chocolates (yum yum – they are delicious), a super dad toblerone, a nice muffin (sensing a theme here?). A loaf of my favourite bread. Last but by no means least, a pair of vibram five finger shoes. They are fabulous. A bit...
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Today I decided to give my Lower Sixth students their own page on the school moodle and set them as teachers. They seem quite enthused by the idea. A place they can customise, get other students to enrol in. Subscribe to their forums so they behave like blogs and they can be moderators. Store...
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The hymn we sang in assembly this morning has a Latin chorus. This is the only contact I have with a language all my children are learning. The blessings of a northern comprehensive education did not deem it necessary. Latin has great value in understanding the roots of words, which in turn informs you...
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My class did this today whilst we were disussing something and I had left the remote control software on the board. Clearly the three culprits were off task a little while (my bad) but I loved their ingenuity to use the tools to talk to me. An interesting concept in a lesson – each...
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Students working in Y12 Physics lesson I am covering. 9 out of 13 are listening to music. One of those is not using an iPod of some sort. Is this a good thing? (obviously this scenario would please Apple) Can concentration levels be maintained? Improved? Posted via email from daibarnes’s posterous
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