A student has forgotten something, whether it be their homework, to bring back a form, to bring their charged up…
Continue ReadingTOT068: Teacherhead’s update, Easy mistakes in mixed ability classes, and measuring 21st century skills
Hello dear readers. A fun week for you this week. T1 is the first of a post series from…
Continue ReadingTOT067: The preflight checklist, problems with deliberate practice, and a new (stolen) segment ‘Thought Shrapnel’
Good week dear readers. First bit of exciting news is that my podcast with Dylan Wiliam on his book Leadership…
Continue ReadingERRR #023. Dylan Wiliam on Leadership for Teacher Learning
The ERRR podcast can also be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts, and all other podcasting apps. In today’s episode…
Continue ReadingTOT066: Rosenshine Re-ordered, Reflections of an experience teacher, Simplifying CLT, + more Twitter Takeaways
As I mentioned last week, I’m currently reading Ron Ritchhart’s ‘Creating Cultures of Thinking’. We’re nearing the end of year…
Continue ReadingTOT065: Simultaneously scaffolding writing and content knowledge in science, ‘the mistake game’, plus more Twitter Takeaways!
This week I’ve been been thinking a lot about talk and writing in the classroom. This is a result of…
Continue ReadingTOT064: What motivates your teaching? Evidence based literacy instruction, Science of Learning PD resources, + more Twitter Takeaways
Oh no, IT’S A MONSTER!!!!! (It was the holidays and I didn’t blog for a week : s) Unfortunately TOT…
Continue ReadingThe Science of Learning: Resources for 4 PD sessions
Around the time that I was first getting really excited about Cognitive Load Theory and Desirable Difficulties, and shortly following my…
Continue ReadingERRR #022. Marnee Shay on Indigenous Education, Education Research, and Flexischools
In today’s episode we’re speaking to Dr. Marnee Shay. Marnee is an Aboriginal educator and researcher who is passionate about…
Continue ReadingTOT063: A whole class feedback how-to, Who is MARGE?, + more Twitter Takeaways
It’s the school holidays in Australia and I thought I’d take a fortnight off. However, after getting over the compulsory…
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