Posts Tagged ‘KS3’

Twitter in the classroom rocks!

Following yesterday’s use of Twitter in the classroom, I was walking to Period 5 (same class as yesterday) after lunch, when inspiration struck.  I remembered this post from @tombarrett .
Go and read it.
Go on!
I threw my lesson plan out of the window and did exactly what Tom did, here are the replies: (click through for them all)

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A LEMA Teaser

I have been meaning to blog about a project I have had the pleasure of being involved with.  The post hasn’t quite reached fruition yet so here’s a little teaser:
How tall is the Giant?  How did you work it out?

Answers on a postcard (or preferably a comment )

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A weight lifted – SATs

Ed Balls has, well, sorry, had the balls to ditch SATs for 14 year olds in England.
I can’t quite describe how elated I am!  Ignoring last years fiasco, these tests have narrowed the curriculum, the teaching opportunities and pupils enthusiasm for the subject for years.  The league tables that accompanied them often narrowed a school’s [...]

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