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Improving Academic writing
To start the new school year off, TBC hosted Dr Ian Hunter. Ian was a university professor, now a publisher, with a special interest in teaching writing. He was invited to the College as many subject face similar challenges with … Continue reading
Edu-preneurship
Edu-preneurship 4 mind sets: Question Design Experiment Lead “if you have a brain, you are a learner.” We learn he most from failure School systems should be beta Sites Khan Academy – TED talk Simon Breakspear
37 Free tools
It’s always useful to learn of new tools that other teachers use. Here’s some from Mark Buckland. Sites http://mbuckland.blogspot.com/ Cool tools for schools Web2.0 in Education Blog – http://jacquisharp.blogspot.com/ Tagxedo – http://www.tagxedo.com/ (makes world clouds) tutpup – http://www.tutpup.com (Has online … Continue reading
The Trades – what’s on offer at ULearn
There’s always a number of businesses or trades that support these types of conferences. Here’s a few notes from some that caught my interet. Desktop 3D printer This is an awesome piece of kit. The chaps were handing out sample … Continue reading
How the brain works
Abstract Before we can embark on new pedagogy of practice that is consistent with 21st century demands we need to understand quite clearly what it means to be a good learner, and to understand what it means to be a … Continue reading
