Ollie LovellOne highlight from the week just gone was the most recent ResearchEd Australia conference. It’s been 2 years between drinks……
Continue ReadingTOT088: Why books don’t work, the knowledge threshold, plus more Twitter Takeaways
Being the UK school holidays some of my sources of juicy edu tidbits have gone into hibernation. We’re a short…
Continue ReadingERRR #032. John Larmer on Project Based Learning
Today we’re speaking about John’s book Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning. There are three main sections to today’s…
Continue ReadingTOT087: What did you learn this year? How to improve literacy instruction, + more Twitter Takeaways
This week I finally finished listening to Craig Barton’s mammoth ‘slice of advice’ podcast. Got heaps out of it, and that’s…
Continue ReadingTOT086: The history of reading, creating a culture of collaborative staff discourse, + more Twitter Takeawayys
Seventeen takeaways this week! First up we have a riveting rollick through the history of reading. Fascinating stuff by Steven…
Continue ReadingTOT085: A manifesto for evidence based education, resources for teaching reading, + more Twitter Takeaways
A belated TOT this week. Had the school holidays then a busy start to term. Plus have been having tech…
Continue ReadingERRR #031. Bill Rogers on Behaviour Management
The ERRR podcast can also be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts, and all other podcasting apps. In this episode…
Continue ReadingTOT084: Behaviour management, powerful knowledge, getting things done + more Twitter Takeaways
A bit of a behaviour management focus to this week’s TOT. T1 is a report from the UK’s Education Endowment…
Continue ReadingWhy teach? Building on Ben and Bernard.
“How do I know what I think until I see what I say” (attributed to E.M.Forster) I recently enjoyed reading…
Continue ReadingTOT083: Two excellent podcasts, moving beyond simplistic approaches to growth mindset, + more twitter takeaways
This week’s TOT begins with two fantastics podcast that are right up there with my fave podcasts of the year.…
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