Teacher Ollie's Takeaways is a weekly-ish post (and sometimes a podcast!) bringing together some of the fascinating things that Ollie read throughout the week-ish. Find all past Teacher Ollie's Takeaways here,
Building relationships with your students
Something I've been thinking about a little bit recently. Got some hot tips from mates on how to do this…
1. Use the roll call to greet each student (I added to this, get them to say one word that describes how they're feeling)
2. Decide on ‘the thing' that you want students to know about your life. By sharing a little about this they'll feel you've opened up.(E.g., my yr 5 teacher liked Kylie Minogue, and we all knew it!)
3. Use time in the yard to get to know your students.
Bonza summary of CLT
This. Is . Awesome!!! Most clear and concise summary of cognitive load theory that I've seen!!! https://t.co/McRKgIqsIG
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 8, 2017
Inspiring oracy program
Would need to compare incoming students with those who have been there for a while in order to get a feel for how much of a diff this school is making, but on the face of it, seems like a pretty good program. Inspiring anyway.
Detailed and inspiring post about how @school21_uk develops confident and eloquent speakers. https://t.co/cCjJKih8bd
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 8, 2017
What works in the classroom?
Merzano's 'What works in Classroom Instruction' (2000). Results from meta-meta analysis https://t.co/rE0xDeVQ5g @tvaughanEdu @mattdeeble pic.twitter.com/SArQKRI0yx
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 11, 2017
They also talk about variation in their study+disclaimer https://t.co/rE0xDeVQ5g … @tvaughanEdu @mattdeeble pic.twitter.com/Lh0fnH7M1L
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 11, 2017
Choosing the right knowledge organiser
I appreciate how this post prompted me to revisit how I'm explicitly helping sdts build schemas https://t.co/W41JTjjKOt via @Kris_Boulton
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 12, 2017
Scaffolding students to create definitions. A how to…
Great article on supporting students to create definitions. Cool replies to @mpershan too6 https://t.co/O5OgYrwxX6 pic.twitter.com/8db4dhewR1
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 12, 2017
If you're an english teacher… this is worth checking out
A Simple Timeline for English Teachers https://t.co/QHopISe8M0 via @PositivTeacha
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) September 15, 2017