Animoto have updated their education programme allowing easier use for students. We had a play with this last term, brilliant tool.

Thanks to Pauline for sharing this resource, a great number of images related to a range of curriculum areas.

A useful list of ideas here for beginning and experienced teachers. Hat-tip Patricia.

Just speaking aloud.

Currently thinking about this as I’m half way through Guy Claxton’s book. He uses this quote by Einstein

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Not in a negative way; after the pressure of exams have disappeared, the knowledge and skills left behind are representative of the education that the child has had. He talks about an epistemic apprenticeship, one based upon how knowledge is created and how it can be challenged. He also discusses a ‘character building curriculum’, character in terms of the qualities needed for life-long learning, curiosity, imagination, resilience …

Interesting discussions about the successful student and the successful learner, the successful student not necessarily being the most successful learner and vice versa…

I get through books quickly in the summer, read an interesting article with Guy Claxton in the TES

,as a result picked up his new book.

What’s the Point of School?: Rediscovering the Heart of Education

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Recommendation from Alan… keeps me awake thinking…

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Video of our North Wales fieldwork produced using Animoto, this might only show in FireFox, if you don’t have this, please use the direct link.