The fog lifts
I may actually be starting to get my head around my new 16-18 ESOL group. I definitely spent the first two weeks in a kind of fog where I felt every thought I had led down the dark alley of...
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I actually enjoyed class today. I know – only 4 weeks in, and 4 weeks of stressing and nerves and over planning – but today I felt relaxed and ready to take on the 16-18 tech challenge. I could grow...
View ArticleTech for Learning Round Two
The second course starts tomorrow night. I’m disappointed that more internal staff aren’t doing the course this year, but I understand that having to find £200 to part self-fund is a big ask in these...
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I have reflected previously that I would embed the topic from PSD into developing the students ICT & digital literacy skills, however as the end of 1/2 term approached I felt that it was becoming...
View ArticleiPads and Course Books
At the last regional NATECLA conference I spent some time with the lovely Julia, who was staffing the OUP stand. She demo-ed the wonders of iHeadway and talked a good talk about the benefits of a...
View Articlea dash of differentiation & a huge helping of peer support
I had a thoroughly enjoyable 16-18 class this week. Gasp, shock, horror I hear you cry. It’s been such a long time since I posted about my bemusement of the younger age group it’s hard to figure out...
View ArticleiPads apps: student explorations
I was (am) still feeling a little overawed with the class set of iPads. I am still taking the eight iPads into class every Monday, and most weeks they get used. But I have really focused on letting the...
View ArticleiPads: student explorations 2
Feeling inspired from last week’s lesson, I was glad that I had a week to think about how to follow up. The biggest challenge I found in thinking of something was the level of my students and what...
View ArticleJournals: week in the life of ……
I’ve had two journals drop through my post in the past two weeks. InTuition: the journal for professional teachers and trainers in the further education and skills section. (what a title!!) and...
View ArticleA Day of Planning
I’ve had A Day today. I’ve considered different possible assessment tasks. I’ve ditched all of those and decided to use some already designed tasks. I had a Small Panic that this was ‘cheating’. I had...
View ArticleMotivation and me: the challenges
I was recently asked ‘Why do you do what you do? Why do you get out of bed every morning?’ Big Questions! But something teachers should continually ask themselves. The IFL’s final survey of teachers...
View ArticleGoing Meta
I attended the new tutor training at the university this week. It was a great opportunity to meet with others new to the Cert Ed/ PGCE and there were some useful opportunities to share and discuss...
View ArticleA new academic year, a new course & new skills
I’m teaching on the year one Cert Ed/PGCE for the first time this year, & very excited I am. While parts of the curriculum are fairly new to me having delivered the level 4 PTLLS & undertaken...
View ArticleGetting Back on the Horse
Hello Blog. It’s been a while. I did the ‘reflection’ class yesterday. In the introduction to the lesson I talked about the struggles that many tutors have with reflective practice. Tutors that say ‘I...
View ArticleiPads and Course Books
At the last regional NATECLA conference I spent some time with the lovely Julia, who was staffing the OUP stand. She demo-ed the wonders of iHeadway and talked a good talk about the benefits of a...
View Articlea dash of differentiation & a huge helping of peer support
I had a thoroughly enjoyable 16-18 class this week. Gasp, shock, horror I hear you cry. It’s been such a long time since I posted about my bemusement of the younger age group it’s hard to figure out...
View ArticleiPads apps: student explorations
I was (am) still feeling a little overawed with the class set of iPads. I am still taking the eight iPads into class every Monday, and most weeks they get used. But I have really focused on letting the...
View ArticleiPads: student explorations 2
Feeling inspired from last week’s lesson, I was glad that I had a week to think about how to follow up. The biggest challenge I found in thinking of something was the level of my students and what...
View ArticleJournals: week in the life of ……
I’ve had two journals drop through my post in the past two weeks. InTuition: the journal for professional teachers and trainers in the further education and skills section. (what a title!!) and...
View ArticleA Day of Planning
I’ve had A Day today. I’ve considered different possible assessment tasks. I’ve ditched all of those and decided to use some already designed tasks. I had a Small Panic that this was ‘cheating’. I had...
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