October 25, 2016
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Comments Off on A couple of nifty teaching resources
Over the last few weeks, I have come across 2 online resources which I feel could be really useful in my future teaching career. These have been shown to me … Continue reading → Continue reading
October 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Place Value
At first, I was completely confused during the workshop as to what we were doing but suddenly it all made sense. We do everything to the base value of 10, this is called the decimal system. Why is that? Some believe it is because we have 10 fingers but is this the only reason we […] Continue reading
October 21, 2016
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Comments Off on Eins, zwei, drei…
German is a language I am familiar with. I am by no means fluent in it but I have been exposed to it throughout my school career. By primary 6 I was being taught the basics and I continued with my learning until S4. The problem was that when I transitioned into high school my prior […] Continue reading
October 21, 2016
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Comments Off on Changing the World
I stumbled across this video on the ol’ internet and thought it would be a great thing to share with everyone. There are some really powerful statements and messages here and I would highly recommend the watch. Enjoy, it’s magic. Continue reading
October 21, 2016
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Comments Off on All is not well …
Perhaps I am in the midst of a mid life crisis but I cant help but feel that lately I have found myself questioning what it is that I am doing ! Firstly, if you are a follower of my … Continue reading → Continue reading
October 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Non-Fiction Writing Ideas
Today’s lecture was our second so far about non-fiction texts and delivering lessons around them in the classroom. After going through the different types of non-fiction texts we will be teaching about we were all given a book and asked to create our own lesson from this. The group I was working with was given […] Continue reading
October 19, 2016
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Comments Off on My Experience in Sweden
After having a lecture on Swedish education I thought it would be beneficial to share my experience of working in a pre-school in Sweden. In 2014 I was given the opportunity to go on a two week work placement in a pre-school, in Sweden as part of my college course. This experience was incredible; giving […] Continue reading
October 18, 2016
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Comments Off on The Importance of Zero.
After yesterday’s lecture on place value, I was left feeling some what baffled by the binary system as even though we tried hard to crack it at our table, it wasn’t until I watched a video explaining it that it all made sense. Studying number systems closely over the past couple of weeks has sparked […] Continue reading
October 18, 2016
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Comments Off on 12 is now 10
From the title, it would be understandable for you to think I had gone mad. In fact, quite the opposite. I had a wonderful lesson today exploring the joys of number systems and place value. Although at first it was not as clear, it was exciting watching the numbers evolve and make sense in front […] Continue reading
October 18, 2016
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Comments Off on Base 10 or not?
A numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers, using digits or other symbols in a consistent manner. Here in the United Kingdom we use a simple base 10 system or decimal number system. In base 10, each digit in a position of a number can have an integer value ranging from 0 to […] Continue reading
October 18, 2016
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Comments Off on Edushare blogging and conformity
A bit of a ‘stooshie’ kicked off on Twitter a week or so back, and I wasn’t sure about blogging on this topic. After some contemplation, given the fact that transparency is something I value and all this is in the public domain, I’ve decided to publish this post. Also I invite, indeed welcome, comment […]
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October 17, 2016
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Comments Off on My Dad is on Facebook!
Strange educational blog post title – yes. However, after 6 years of protesting how much he dislikes facebook, around a month ago my dad officially joined the digital space and made a facebook account. This shows me just how much we are moving towards a digital age and how much our lives revolve around the …
October 17, 2016
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Comments Off on First Activity of the Professional and Academic Development Online Unit.
UNIT 1 – SECTION A, Activity Identifying Skills and Abilities Activity 1 This activity was to create an audit based on skills you already have. After this has been completed, we can then move on to figure out how to develop each skill. It was an effective method as it has shown me which exact skills […] Continue reading
October 17, 2016
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Comments Off on Chat Racism, Chat Sexism
In May of this year, a young African-American videogame streamer was subject to a barrage of racist abuse in the chat stream that runs alongside the video footage of his game. He was competing in a videogame festival in the USA, playing Hearthstone, an electronic card game for two opposing players. He made it all […] Continue reading
October 17, 2016
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Comments Off on Who am I?
Who am I? Am I a professional? These were just some of the questions brought up today in our working together lecture. The lecture really encouraged us to think more in depth about how we should behave as professionals, as well as thinking about our own personal identity. Today’s task for our working together groups […] Continue reading
October 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Maths and Play
We recently had a workshop with Wendee which was all about learning about mathematics through play. It was great as it let us pretend that we were children again! Play has an extremely important part in a child’s development. It allows them to learn new skills, such as socialising with their peers. But, it also […] Continue reading
October 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Social Media
Since starting at university, we have been encouraged to engage with social media in order to gain more access into the world of education. Through browsing various sites, I realised that social media is not only a place for personal accounts but for professional pages also. Firstly, we were shown the ways in which we […] Continue reading
October 16, 2016
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Comments Off on Math is Pretty!!
Even though I have always loved math I did not realise how pretty maths could be. Symmetry is what we use to make this ‘pretty maths’. This symmetry is the most significant area of math the makes a connection between science, art and maths. Symmetrical patterns can be used in several different areas. Artists use […] Continue reading
October 15, 2016
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Comments Off on Confidence, Competence and Understanding
When we were given the opportunity to choose our elective for second year, I instantly knew that “Discovering Mathematics” would be my first choice. I have always enjoyed maths, through both primary and secondary school and I wanted to learn more about it. As comfortable as I am in my ability to do mathematics, I […] Continue reading
October 12, 2016
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Comments Off on My Peer Education Story
As an avid Girlguider I was delighted to get a place on the Peer Education training course last weekend. Peer Education is Girlguiding UK’s innovative programme that trains members of The Senior Section (14-25 year olds) to empower themselves and others to make a difference in the lives of girls throughout the UK through different “training […] Continue reading
