No whiteboard, no problem!
There is good evidence that effective dual coding (designing your explanations so that the same information is presented both verbally/in...
How is distance learning changing the student-teacher relationship?
At the beginning of our lockdown period, when school was first run remotely, I felt very nervous about online teaching. I had concerns...
From ‘Real Time Musical Ensembles’ to ‘Virtual Musical Projects’
It is not an easy road! What a change…Having full ensemble rehearsals or just sectional ones was our daily routine in the Music...
6 Well being rules for working from home
Normally, I would share useful insights from the Geography department about how Geography approaches Teaching and Learning at Markham....
The Components of Direct Instruction
Article: The Components of Direct Instruction Author: Cathy L. Watkins, Timothy A. Slocum Reading Time: 2 hours The purpose of this...
Explanations and Modelling
"In your best explanations, your artistry with words will transform complicated and abstract material into something clear and...
What do we mean by Objective Driven Teaching?
When planning lessons it is easy to think "What activity shall I get the students to do?" or even "I have this wonderful activity, let's...
Successes and Targets
I recently saw this tweet and it made me stop and reflect on what my successes were for this year, and what I want to work on next year....
Test-Enhanced Learning
Article: Test-Enhanced Learning Author: Henry L. Roediger III and Jeffrey D. Karpicke Article Reading Time: 20 minutes Summary This...
Cognitive Load for a Stressed out Teacher
I remember some time ago, when Dan was trying to get us thinking about the Cognitive Workload idea. Now it is one of the Collaborative...