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Codecademy. 24 Invaluable Skills To Learn For Free Online This Year. Using Hour of Code in your classroom | Hour of Code (for Teachers) The Hour of Code is coming. On Monday, October 14, 2013, Code.org announced the “Hour of Code," a campaign to introduce 10 million students to one hour of Computer Science. Live stream of the announcement Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey Among Those Joining Campaign SAN FRANCISCO and SEATTLE – October 14, 2013 – Code.org, the non-profit dedicated to promoting computer science education, today announced a nationwide campaign calling on every K-12 student in America to join an "Hour of Code.

" The initiative asks schools, teachers and parents across the country to help introduce more than 10 million students of all ages to computer programming during Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, 2013. The organization also announced the support of multiple organizations and individuals, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman and Jack Dorsey. Hour of Code - A tutorial featuring technology leaders New donors and partners Get involved. 24 Invaluable Skills To Learn For Free Online This Year. 5 Legitimate Ways to Make Money Online as a Teacher. As educators we have an important job: teaching the world’s youth. While the teaching profession consistently ranks as one of the top five “noble” job fields, it is also hard for many teachers to make a living without working a part-time job on the side. Many educators work in other fields during summers off, but it is sometimes tough to switch gears and move away from education for part-time work.

This post is for those teachers, like myself, who are looking for some extra income and would like it to come via education. This is not to debate how much teachers should be paid, only to be realistic in the fact that many of us need extra money (who doesn’t these days!). We’ve studied hard, worked hard, and spent countless hours trying to get better at a very difficult profession. 1.

I’ve been an SAT tutor for five years now, and it is a fantastic way to make extra money. We’ll keep coming back to the same premise: people will pay for your expertise, and your experience in teaching. 2. 3. National curriculum in England: primary curriculum - Publications. This is the statutory primary national curriculum, including programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at key stages 1 and 2, except languages which are only studied at key stage 2.

These must be taught in all local-authority-maintained primary schools in England from September 2014. The statutory primary national curriculum is issued by law; you must follow it unless there is a good reason not to. The individual programmes of study for key stages 1 and 2 are also available for each subject: Teachers should note that in the 2014 to 2015 academic year, pupils in years 2 and 6 should be taught the pre-2014 programmes of study in English, mathematics and science. These pupils will sit the current key stage 1 and 2 tests respectively. New tests will be available from 2016. Further information about the pre-2014 primary curriculum is available on the National Archives. Meeting - seymour - Ascot International School Mail. Kingfisher Primary School Year 5 – Shirley Clarke. 1. Focus of case study Why use the strategy of Talk Partners? Pupil talk is central to active learning. Establishing talk partners is often the first step teachers take in experimenting with formative assessment, as it is relatively straightforward to embark on and the impact can be seen immediately.’

(Shirley Clarke 2008) As Shirley Clarke suggest talk partners is the easiest strategy to implement in the classroom first and is generally already happening without teachers realising. Using Talk Partners ensures quality talk in the classroom. Some children feel more confident when using talk partners because they don’t feel any pressure as they are part of a paired response and there is time to discuss. 2.

What is “Talk Partners”? Some positive outcomes of using the talk partners approach are that it: 3. How could I introduce talk partners in my classroom? Circle time discussion based around why it is important to talk about and share their learning with each other. Why Random talk partners? Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education. The Flipped Classroom: Turning the Traditional Classroom on its Head.

The Peer Instruction Teaching Method - seymour - Ascot International School Mail. Child Led Learning. KS1 and KS2. Blooms Taxonomy Apps. CPD/mentor. Outstanding. Kingfisher Primary School Year 5 – Shirley Clarke.