Little Boat
pretty.
Speakeasy sign-language
Just stumbled across this great post: Hand Signals at the Stock Club. Sherman Billingsley, the owner, apparently had an array of hand-signals he would give to staff while talking to clients. LIFE caption: Closeup of Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley w. hand to nose, one of his signals to nearby assistand which means “Not important...
How 20 minutes can free up 8 days of teaching time
Inspired by this NYT article on building a better teacher, I’ve just started Doug Lemov’s Teach like a Champion. And so far so good. Haven’t even begun to get on the 49 techniques but he makes this point in the intro: if you get the basics right you save time. It may seem boring but […]
The Feynman Series
This is rather beautiful.
Breadth is valuable
Reflecting on Cardinal Newman’s ideas on the role of the university, my predecessor as vice-chancellor, Professor Dame Alison Richard, observed: “The dichotomy between ‘useful’ and ‘not useful’ is itself increasingly ‘not useful’.” With an anthropologist’s view of the benefits of biodiversity, she made a powerful case...
Parents who need two years’ notice
Many parents’ dairies are so busy that they struggle to attend school events such as concerts and plays. To counter this, St Paul’s is considering giving parents two year’s advance notice of school events. from: £6,000-a-term St Paul’s offers parenting classes – Telegraph Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
John Page’s 10 reasons schools should get excited about technology
It is 4 years old, but John Page has a wonderfully thought out Ten Reasons why technology is vital to education . why schools should adopt tech. There So here they are. Ten fundamental reasons why I think technology is important in education. Hopefully, they can act as the rationale for technology plans in schools. […]
Homework habits
Not sure what I think about this piece by Sarah Firisen at 3quarksdaily. She is talking about her daughter Anya By public school standards, Anya’s homework load is still light; if she doesn’t procrastinate too much, she can usually easily get it done in an hour a night, and there are still nights when she […]
10 ways schools are using social media successfully
Not sure how scientific this is, and think that there’s some overlap (e.g. community outreach & parent communication) but thought this was probably a good starter for 10. Integrating real-world apps into education … e.g. maths and facebook friends Networking with colleagues … e.g. RSS as public email,...
To do what needs doing
Michael Ellsberg has a book out called The Education of Millionaires, which outlines the 7 key skills you need to know to become a millionaire like college drop-outs Zuckerberg or Gates. The argument, loosely, is: yes college can teach you many wonderful things but those things do not transfer easily to the real world. various […]