WE-DESIGNS.ORG We Are Hustlers, Designers, Architects, Art Directors, Academics, and Professionals. We are CREATIVES. 0Tweet 0Like 0pinterest 10 tips for using visualisers to enhance numeracy across all key stages Continuing on from the previous articles about the benefits of using visualisers in the classroom, it's now possible to take a closer look at how to maximise the use of visualisers across specific curriculum areas. To start off this series, we will focus on numeracy and how visualisers can uniquely be used to enhance teaching and learning from key stages one to four. Below is a list of the foundational uses of a visualiser to aid numeracy learning at key stages one and two: Show the class how to use small items. Using visualisers to enrich the teaching of mathematical principles at key stages three and four: Ask pupils to demonstrate methods of calculation. Whether you’re about to invest in visualisers, or already have one and are looking for new ways to use it, the above examples should help you to focus on using visualisers in your classrooms at key stages of a pupil’s journey in learning.
Astro Studios - Blog Last Friday night in the Astro Gallery we hosted the latest installment of the Bike + Design lecture series. With the help of the SF chapter of IDSA and the California College of the Arts (CCA) we set up an exploration into innovation, culture and design of Bay Area bicycle culture. Read More... The evening came to life with talks from today’s top players in the industry, Simon Fischer and Nathan Mack of Giro laid down the history and and future of bike helmets shoes and apparel. Fun was made easy with help from the fine folks at New Belgium Brewing and their tasty beer. The goal of raising money for a scholarship to the CCA bike building program became a reality by adding to the $1000 Giro put up by selling raffle tickets for products generously donated from Giro, Garrett Chow, Mash SF, Coalesse, Strava and Astro. We can’t express how grateful we are to our friends and extended bike and design families that gave selflessly to help a student reach their own bike and design goals. Close...
Think2Read helps children to see beyond words into a world of meaning Based on years of research, trials and evaluations, Think2Read has created a compelling comprehension programme structured on improving thinking skills and collaborative enquiry that teaches children how to question deeply and make meaning for themselves. It offers a complete teaching resource of six modules with full lesson plans, quality activities and in-depth assessments which help children to learn progressive skills that show them how to summarise, retell, predict, clarify and question. The resources that grew out of Donna Thomson’s pioneering approach to teaching comprehension strategies and child-led enquiry skills were shortlisted for the 2007 Education Resources Awards. Her series of books based on these teaching methods have since accumulated sales of over 30,000 copies. Each programme contains six teaching modules (5-7 one-hour sessions per module). Programmes for Year 2, Years 3 & 4, Years 5 & 6 can be purchased as: The full comprehension teacher kit contains the following:
Barry Rosenthal: “Found in Nature” makes artwork out of trash (PHOTOS). Barry Rosenthal Many people think of beach trash as an unfortunate eyesore. But Barry Rosenthal, who spends much of his time on beaches in gloves and knee-high boots, combing through glass, plastic, and other junk, finds artistic inspiration in what others leave behind. Rosenthal describes himself as a lifelong collector. But his main interests as a photographer are plants and other natural subjects. “I couldn't find any plants I wanted to shoot, but I started finding all this colorful stuff washed up on the beach,” Rosenthal said. Rosenthal said by arranging individual pieces of garbage into intricate collages, he’s able to give common objects more value. “I'm displaying what I find, and it's open to people’s interpretation, but there is the message of, ‘Why don't we care for things a little better? At first, Rosenthal would collect the objects, arrange them, and shoot them all on scene with a small mobile studio. “It's not like going to Wal-Mart.
#GoodinTen – Requires Improvement CPD programme, by @TeacherToolkit #SLTchat Classroom teachers; aspiring leaders; educational experts and senior teachers come together online – most Sunday evenings – to discuss the following school leadership topics as part of #SLTchat (Sundays 8pm). You can find links to SLTchat (and this discussion) here. What I am about to share, was formulated out of discussions that took place during 2nd June 2013: Improving teaching and learning for teachers with low motivation? #SLTchat 2nd June 2013: The results were collated from a choice of 6 topics and voted for by anyone. Click to visit the web-poll You can find the full archives of this particular debate, here; The series of tweets that instigated this post are shown below: Click to go directly to the tweet and my tweet-response to this question was: Sharing good practice: As a result, I am sharing a new CPD programme I have curated for teaching staff. It could be assumed that some staff are left with two choices… What if?
HUH. How schools can stay safe whilst using social media Is fear of abuse preventing you from using social media in your school? Are you unsure of what safeguards you can put in place to protect your pupils? When social media was little more than a tool for socialising, schools could get away with avoiding it. Not any longer. Whether it’s buying a new product, doing business with someone, recruiting a member of staff, or learning a new skill, social media will usually play a part. In fact, social media has become a new form of literacy. So how do you encourage social media without placing your school at risk? Here are the steps your school should take before bringing social media into the classroom. 1. 2. This should be publicly advertised as it will reassure parents, as well as staff. 3. On Facebook, for example, you can control via the permissions settings what content can be posted to a school’s page. Unlike personal Facebook pages, neither fans nor administrators should be able to tag a person’s picture as this could put them at risk.
123 Inspiration The Gamification of Reading John Hersey, author of Hiroshima , once worked on a committee for his children’s school to determine why children were struggling at reading. The group’s discovery was that the reason the children were struggling was because they thought the primers they were reading looked boring. They didn’t want to read stories featuring illustrations of perfectly mannered children that just looked dull, insipid, and boring. This idea of using interesting illustrations was taken up by William Ellsworth Spaulding, an editor at Houghton Mifflin’s textbook division. So what does this have to do with gamification? Author Dan Roam mentions in his book Blah, Blah, Blah: what to do when words don’t work that school started to get boring for him around the same time that it became more about reading and less about creativity. Gamification means applying game theory and mechanics to a none-game contexts to engage users. This is how I see gamification… This time last year, my son was a struggling reader.
Eclectic Trends A Simple Rule to Eliminate Useless Meetings Dark Silence In Suburbia Tasha thehiddensouth: Tasha - Atlanta, GATasha: I’m forty-four and I’ve been in these streets since I was about sixteen. BW: How did that happen? Tasha: My next door neighbor got me started using drugs. one day I was locked out of my house from school and he offered me some [crack] because he wanted me to have sex with them. (via thehiddensouth)