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...