What is creativity? Perhaps more importantly, why does it matter? These are questions that have fallen into my head over the last little while, and it has me thinking about what we do as educators that allows for learner creativity. According to the IB, ‘we believe every person has the ability, and the right, to be creative’. […]
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From ‘Making Thinking Visible’ – A shift from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning
As I read the book, Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchart et al., I was struck by how similar his view of understanding is to Wiggins & McTighe’s Understanding by Design (UbD). Both see understanding as not just a gathering of knowledge, but as the ultimate goal of education. Both owe a lot to Benjamin Bloom and […]
What does it feel like to be an ICT risk taker?
Daunting to say the least. My aim: To expose the kids to a web 2.0 tool: Photopeach. I asked the kids if anyone had used this tool. There is always one bright ICT spark who knows something, in fact who knows many more things than I know especially when it comes to ICT. A sea […]
Great ideas around the school
Slideshow: around the school Feb 2011 – Slideshow By Layla
Sharing our Practice
Welcome to the first of our new Scopus blogs! It’s exciting to see how quickly teachers are taking up the challenge of starting their own class blogs and we will soon be able to link to them from here. Blogging is an excellent vehicle for learning, for writing, for reflection and for connecting to the […]