It’s that time of year again when many of us are thinking about ways for our students to get to know each other and us. One popular way of doing that is through short video introductions. Microsoft Flip (formerly known as Flipgrid) provides a great platform on which to do that. As a teacher you … Read more
Welcome to my 185th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers. 1. Admissions Tests and A Level Resources Every year in the Spring Term @ecrmaths runs a series of information sessions for her Year 12 students on the main STEM admissions tests (TMUA, MAT, STEP, PAT and ESAT). … Read more
At the end of each novel I teach, I like to have my students participate in some sort of culminating literary analysis project that allows me to assess their understanding of the novel, its major literary themes, and other elements of literary significance. Sometimes the end-of-novel literary analysis assessment will be the literary analysis essay … Read more
Over the last few months I have been working on a new book project and finally have it completed. The new book is Digital Tools for Teachers. This book has been written and designed primarily with English language teachers in mind though the majority of the resources and tools contained in the book will have … Read more
I am participating in a monthly blog challenge called #MTBoSBlaugust. Click the logo below to check out the other participating blogs. :o) I know that my students are coming in at only 12% Proficient in Math. This means that they are going to need a lot of review on the concepts they should know from … Read more
These Skip-Counting Spiderwebs are one of my best Halloween tricks (tips?) to keep your students focused and busy on Halloween day. Seriously. Let’s face it – the excitement in the room makes it hard to settle, so it’s not the time to start a brand new concept. A few years ago I started to do … Read more
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Wow – what a year! When I started at my new school this past year, after having resigned from my school district last year, I didn’t know. I didn’t know anything. If I was going to stick with it, like it, hate, love it, or anything, really. I just kind of went in with an … Read more
I’m currently completing the Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership (PDSL) which is run as part of a collaboration between a number of colleges/universities (U.L., U.C.D., N.U.I.G, and W.I.T.) It’s an 18 month programme which is run through a number of centres around the country. (see picture of the centres below) My hope/aim is to … Read more