Archive for December, 2010
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Now that the school year has closed for 2010 and we start to unwind and prepare for the festive and summer holiday period with family and friends its an opportune time to sit back and reflect on the last month or so of frenetic activity.
I happened upon a few photos on ...
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
I saw this clip courtesy of Darrell Fraser. Increasingly I think its not good enough to simply collect and interpret data which we do lots of in schools . Its about distilling the essential messages so that they are clear to everyone as Hans Rosling has done here.
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
As we finish the school year and pack up for Christmas and the summer holidays I'm starting to reflect on what we achieved this year and what's part of the journey ahead.
We have just finished a 3 year building project which transformed 40% of classrooms and added new facilities in ...
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
A little clip that might help inform a conversation about walkthroughs at your school.
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
A few of Hattie's comments on feedback that he made at a recent seminar struck a discord with me:
Feedback is much more about what students receive than teachers give.
When feedback is given to the whole class its received by no-one as they believe its not about them.
Students who read feedback ...
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