Cross-Curricular Multipotentialites
johndabell Do you have a superpower? Perhaps you have more than one? You could well be a multipotentialite. Writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes “multipotentialites” as people who have a range…
Learning
Nanolearning
Apparently nanolearning is ‘taking over‘ the way students learn. But what is nanolearning? This is fast-paced learning. It’s speedy. To appeal to users, it’s ‘kwik’ learning. This is learning that…
The 70:20:10 Rule
The 70:20:10 Model for Learning and Development is a commonly used formula within organisations to describe the optimal sources of learning by successful managers. This formula was developed by Morgan…
Teaching And The Four-Minute Rule
What is the most important part of any lesson? The first four minutes. After that, it doesn’t matter. Game over. Well, if we are applying what Steve McDermott says then…
Taking Children To The Threshold Of Failure
When children are given work that is ‘too easy’ then they soon get restless and revolt. Give them work that is more than they can cope with and they get…
Lighting Bonfires
Do you have a chit-chat over a kit-kat when it’s breaktime or do you squirrel yourself away in your classroom? There isn’t a right or wrong answer, unless of course…
OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE
When you read the title of this blog, what did you actually see? Did you read: Opportunity is nowhere? Opportunity is snow here? Opportunity is now here? Your response will…
What Is Learnacy?
‘Learnacy’ is an unusual term that can be roughly defined as the openness to continually learn. As teachers we can help children see that learning that can be expanded, like…
Have You Got An ADDIE?
I once worked with an Ady and he was a thoroughly nice chap. Every school should have one. Every school should also have an ADDIE. So what is an ADDIE?…
Breakfast Study
Never let those idle moments at breakfast go to waste. If your stand mindlessly at the cereal packet in front of you absorbing the ingredients as you munch away then…