Wow, what happened to that gained time after my GCSE and IB groups left? This term has been hectic so there’s been a lack of posts this month. But here’s a small one with my most recent twitter highlights. You’ll notice a bit of a theme with the geography highlights.
Hope you find something of use!
Geography
Reading list creating for KS3 and KS4…. sooo many Geog staples for over the summer 😎 📖 pic.twitter.com/4WWismZmpR
"Neuroliberalism: Cognition, context, and the geographical bounding of rationality" – our new paper may be of interest to some and is Open Access. In it we explore why context matters within human decision-making, but not in the ways you may expect https://t.co/xHMuDeqjjj
Has your history dept used the "Englands Immigrants" database in its SoWs yet? Take a look; it's fabulous https://t.co/yZOaqg22AV and for a superb model of a 5-lesson sequence built round a damn good EQ inspired by it, see Diana Laffin's 'Cunning Plan' in the latest @histassoc TH pic.twitter.com/j7ELIr5sZ0
My current favourite resource! 🤓 Students unpick the text and categorize. Helps with understanding of the key text, bridging the vocabulary gap in terms of meta-language, and allowing student agency in the classroom! 💃🏽🇨🇵👩🏫 #mfltwitterati#mflchatpic.twitter.com/mOM2DnMFuB
Wow, this term has started with chaos; stomach bug, camps, interdisciplinary activities and trips, end of year exams to mark…. as a result I’ve not posted a blog since the end of May. So I thought I’d start with Twitter Highlights number 4, I’ve added a few extra ones in since I’ve missed two weeks.
Hope you find something of use in the highlights below.
Geography
An awesome interactive graphic to the demographic transition model … as health improves people have fewer babies but look at how this dramatically changes all arround the worlds as birth rates shrink #geography#geographyteacherpic.twitter.com/qcTOfOPCqH
— Geography made easy (@easygeography) June 7, 2019
Year 7 plastic footprints created after a lesson on the oceans and the consequences of plastic making its way into the oceans. Thanks to whoever tweeted this idea. #NQT#geographyteacherpic.twitter.com/jqT6eSxKW1
Using ‘starter for 10’ recall quizzes to show progress over time. Self marked and improved, easily interleaved and an easy to use teacher template to edit to target a specific area of knowledge. #historyteacher#gcsepic.twitter.com/oesXLLYGkn
Nearly 20,000 non-maths questions on DQs now, covering computing, English, languages, history, geography, business music and more, all for free. Check them out here: https://t.co/GvfvxQMdlK
P.S. There are 40,000+ maths ones… just so maths teachers don't feel left out 🙂 pic.twitter.com/78D7azWnoU
I’m a big fan of using grids to teach sentence structure. Picked this idea up on a course (can’t remember which one), and I find it really helps the kids understand how to create more interesting compound and complex sentences @WritingRocks_17@Team_English1#PrimaryRockspic.twitter.com/mwXNvWiZmB
Not long until my book ‘Making it as a Teacher’ is released, so scared for the 28th May. Click the image to find out more or to pre-order it. Massive thanks in advance if you do!
Each Year 8 form group was challenged to make something that represented them. So proud of how much effort my form have put into this masterpiece! One puzzle piece for each student in the form to show that they are a unique, essential and important part of the form group 🧩🌈🌟 pic.twitter.com/SzzQdfDFVu
In the Easter break I thought it’d be a good idea to share some of the weekly highlights I come across on twitter each week. There’s so much great practice on there and whilst I try my best to collate some of it on Magpied Pedagogy, it’s too big a job for one person. So I thought why not share some of the highlights each week on my blog. It gets a pretty big reach and might encourage others to make use of the excellent CPD opportunity Twitter provides.
This here is the second of my twitter highlight posts.
Hope you find something of use in the highlights below.
Everything that you would do with GCSE applies to year 11. One I have developed for Alevel though is “SPECulate” to really break down the specification. pic.twitter.com/k5Kh3sbFx9
#socsup#socedchat Very impressed with the printed and bound completed knowledge organisers for AQA. Just need to finish the beliefs ones to add in later. pic.twitter.com/aH7fjFZnI3
— The Hectic Teacher 🙋♀️ (@HecticTeacher) May 5, 2019
A-Z revision of Romeo and Juliet taken to new levels with 11Y2N today! Just a little structure to this retrieval activity and the instance of “what else?” Led to some excellent, detailed discussions and recall. #Engchatuk#TeamEnglish#xylophone 🤣🤦🏻♀️ #pedagoofridaypic.twitter.com/2HUh5izoNp
When my form left last year I gave them 11 little things to celebrate the end of Year 11 and they loved it. So as yesterday was the last day of school for my lovely Year 11 Geographers I gave them a mini version… five little things to celebrate our fab journey together 🌟🌍🎉 pic.twitter.com/u7ycGnAq7c
Lots of teachers v stressed atm. 14 yrs ago, lots of my family were stressed. We started “HOTD” – Highlight of the Day. Each person recalls the best part of their day. Dinner time became so positive. As exams approach, can we make #TeachingHOTD happen? R/T & post yours this week! pic.twitter.com/yBc9dDQ2NG
Not long until my book ‘Making it as a Teacher’ is released, so scared for the 28th May. Click the image to find out more or to pre-order it. Massive thanks in advance if you do!
In the Easter break I thought it’d be a good idea to share some of the weekly highlights I come across on twitter each week. There’s so much great practice on there and whilst I try my best to collate some of it on Magpied Pedagogy, it’s too big a job for one person. So I thought why not share some of the highlights each week on my blog. It’s gets a pretty big reach and might encourage others to make use of the excellent CPD opportunity Twitter provides.
This here is the first of my twitter highlight posts.
Hope you find something of use in the highlights below.
— Geography made easy (@easygeography) May 2, 2019
History
Tomorrow's retrieval starter for Yr11, Find someone who … thanks to whoever I saw tweeting this a while back, it works really well (@WilkesHistory I think but probably others too) pic.twitter.com/HJiy8bBzQI
Extended response questions (6 marks) activity and helpsheet for #gcse#science: step-by-step structure, peer assessing using MS, breakdown of model answer.
My lovely S3 pupils were practising their skills in analysis today through a P.e.e.l challenge of quotes from 'The Merchant of Venice'. Great work everyone 😊 #PedagooFridaypic.twitter.com/NlwxAThS0C
For the few who expressed interest in my bid to develop a feedback-only classroom, here is a ROUGH draft of how I am seeking to capture learning. I want kids to own and tell their stories as they grow from their experiences. So I created a “learning story” diagram. First shot. 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/cn6ZBgDUxz
Latest in our series on whole-class feedback: for whole-class feedback to be effective, it has to be a 'recipe for future action', not a statement. It can't just be a whole-class written comment – these are just as unhelpful as individual written comments! https://t.co/BApWMnQHE2pic.twitter.com/AxcFQA0PNt
— 👩🏫 Education Support 👨🏫 (@EdSupportUK) April 28, 2019
Enjoy the long weekend!
Best wishes,
Not long until my book ‘Making it as a Teacher’ is released, 28th May. Click the image to find out more or to pre-order it. Massive thanks in advance if you do!
I had a brain wave this morning. You know the kind you have and then think why hadn’t I thought of that before?!
It’s a simple idea really, but goes a long way to highlighting the amazing work being done and shared via twitter for those of you that don’t make use of it for CPD.
For me, Twitter has had a huge impact on my professional practice from inspiring lesson resources to ideas for supporting colleagues, there’s so much you can take away from EduTwitter (see my A-Z of EduTwitter for more info). So here it is, my simple idea is to share 5 tweets that have inspired or interested me each week that I think others may find of use.
Now I just need to work out which day is best to publish? Monday, Friday or Sunday? Hrm… I’ll have a think and set it up from the first week of the next term.
For now, here’s 5 tweets that I think might be of use or inspiration to others:
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Studies GCSE from @MrSmithRS
I really am very proud of these knowledge organisers I've made for AQA Religious Studies A GCSE
#geographyteacher Full research informed SoWs on Climate Change, Brazil (Rainforests, Economic Change and Urbanisation), Population & Urbanisation (Mumbai), Crime and Conflict and Tectonic Hazards available to download/adapt FREE@ https://t.co/VUVXQl1i7A (password required – DM) pic.twitter.com/u029yKr67n
