An Analysis of Student Social Media Usage
Thomas Burns has written a report available here.
Inside the Black Box
Article: Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment Author: Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam Article Reading Time:...
Teaching History in TOK
Last week I came away from a TOK lesson feeling that I had reached the pinnacle of my career and that perhaps I should pack in teaching...
Using Storytelling in the History Classroom
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic forcing the school and our History department to deliver lessons virtually we have been discussing in our...
The Virtual Drama Class
This post is available at the following link.
Encouraging and improving student talk with FlipGrid
Over the past 9 months I have been thinking a lot about ways in which I can encourage pupils to talk to each other, discuss topics and...
‘Tis Not Too Late to Seek a Newer World’ (Alfred Tennyson)
Every 6 or 7 years the IB reviews the languages curriculum. That time is here, and the first cohort of the new curriculum is our current...
ERQs in PSYCHOLOGY?You need ideal, peace and grave
One of the most challenging things I must do in my course is to teach students how to write an ERQ or Essay Response Questions. Several...
An Analysis of Effective Online Teaching
Late 2019 saw the emergence of Coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Within the space of a few months, the virus had spread to almost every...
Some reflections
With the start of Bimester 3 underway, the initial stress related to online learning has faded into the background. Classes have embraced...