Geography Awareness Week is coming up in a couple of weeks. In preparation for my favorite academic week of the year, I've recorded an updated tutorial on how to make multimedia maps with Padlet. Padlet is one of the most versatile tools you can put in your...
Reflective thinking around conceptual understanding outside.Reflective thinking around conceptual understanding outside.Maths Outdoors, leaves, outdoor fractions, outdoor fractions KS1, outdoor maths, outdoor maths ideas KS1, sticksRead More...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in October 2022… Not Impossible, Mick Ebeling (memoir) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (sci fi) Centers of Gravity, Marko Kloos (sci fi) Murder Under Another Sun, Colin Alexander (sci fi) Croma Venture, Joel Shepherd (sci fi) Rando Splicer, Joel Shepherd (sci fi) Phaid the...
This coming Saturday night is the end of Daylight Saving Time for this year in North America. I'm excited to turn the clocks back one hour because it means the sunrise will be earlier in the day. As someone who gets up at 5am or...
Last December I published the first edition of 50 Tech Tuesday Tips. When I did that I made the offer of hosting a free webinar for any school or group that purchases ten or more copies. So far I've had a handful of people take me...
Good evening from Maine where the sun has set on the month of October and my daughters have finally fallen asleep after the excitement of trick o' treating. As I do at the end of every month, I've taken a few minutes to look at...
Dried leaves, cardboard and masking tape - so many possibilities.Dried leaves, cardboard and masking tape - so many possibilities.Early Years Outdoors, Maths Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Science Outdoors, CZ, Czech Republic, outdoor art, outdoor maths, outdoor shapeRead More...
I had the pleasure recently of appearing on the Navigating Education podcast with Matt Rhoads. Episode 59 was titled Leadership and Instructional Design for Deeper Learning. Matt and I had a wide-ranging discussion about the design and leadership decisions that foster deeper learning by students. Happy listening! Related...
Last week I finished reading Liar's Poker written by Michael Lewis. The book is partly about his experience as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in the 1980's and partly about expansion of the bond market itself during the 1980's. The parts about how the...
