John Dabell

Assessment Teaching and Learning 

The Round Robin

February 16, 2019January 27, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments collaboration, Cooperative Learning, Eric Frangenheim, independent learning, Round Robin

The Round Robin is one of the most effective cooperative learning strategies to use in the classroom and is brilliant

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In The News 

Newsround

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments Alain Nicholas, car-free zones, climate change, County Lines, GCSE, Glasses for Classes, IKEA, LGBT, map, New Zealand, news, Robert Halfon, Royal Society, Venki Ramakrishnan

What’s been in the news just lately?

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Inset 

INSET Done Differently

February 14, 2019January 20, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments attendance, Baker days, cost, holidays, inset, parents, teacher training days

You know what would really help teachers, parents and children?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning 

Publish, Circle, Refine

February 13, 2019January 26, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments collaboration, Eric Frangenheim, mission statement, thinking skills

If you haven’t yet come across Eric Frangenheim’s book Reflections on classroom thinking strategies then grab yourself a copy and

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Teaching and Learning Top Trumps 

Top Trumps Assessment

February 12, 2019January 26, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments Harry Potter, Mr P's ICT blog, National Children's Bureau (NCB), Ron Berger, Star Wars, Teaching Backwards, Top Trumps, Top Trumps Tournament, University of Exeter

Where would we be without Top Trumps?

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Teaching and Learning Technology 

Film Yourself And Be As Free As A Bird

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments demonstration, film, formative assessment, learning, teaching, video, wellbeing, workload

How can you make life easier for yourself?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning 

Time For A Snowball Fight!

February 10, 2019February 5, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments Andy Griffith, interactive, Mark Burns, scrunched up assessment, snowball

At this time of the year in the UK it gets a bit chilly and we might even get some

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Books Films Resilience 

The Kes Factor: Finding Every Child’s Passion

February 9, 2019January 24, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments alienation, Barnsley, Barry Hines, Brian Glover, bullying, Colin Welland, creativity, industrial North, Kes, passion, resilience, spirit, strength

There is plenty of talk about ‘resilience’ in schools these days. Everyone you meet seems to be going on about

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In The News 

Newsround

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments Anita Morris, Anne Longfield, Best Evidence in Brief, Children's Commissioner, Children's Mental Health Week, EAL, Hack Back, home schooling, Invisible Children, mobile phones, news, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, recruitment, Steiner schools, The Institute of Leadership and Management, wellbeing

What’s been in the news lately?

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Meetings 

Meet Off-Site For Fresh Thinking

February 7, 2019January 14, 2019 johndabell 3 Comments creativity, off-site meetings, productivity

When it comes to staff meetings then nothing can be worse than sitting in a stuffy, stale and airless room

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