January 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Mental maths! 1, 2, 3… GO!!
In today’s input the class were learning about mental maths. Today’s learning intention was that we were learning: What is meant by ‘mental mathematics’ and its purpose in raising standards To identify a range of mental strategies About the need to develop confidence and competence in learners through teaching a range of strategies To critically […] Continue reading
January 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Simple Science
When I seen we had an experiment to prepare for the first day of semester two I panicked, thinking back to science at school I remember all the experiments taking a lot of planning and time in the lesson to try out. I started googling ‘simple science experiments’ and seen a lot of really good […] Continue reading
January 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Science fun !
A wee post about crystal growing and the learning that can come from that ! Another area that I am not so comfortable with but have thrown myself wholeheartedly into finding out as much as I can and what better … Continue reading → Continue reading
January 27, 2016
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Comments Off on Upstart Scotland
Last night I went to the Dundee Launch of the Upstart Scotland campaign. I went in not really knowing what I had signed up for, but I thought if nothing else I would come out more knowledgeable about what is going on in the world of education,. I decided to give it a go and I was […] Continue reading
January 27, 2016
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Comments Off on Dance!
We recently had a dance workshop. Something I was quite excited about as I enjoy dancing, although I’m no expert! As a child I took some dance classes and performed in a show. But now I only dance for fun. I really enjoyed the dance workshop. We mostly looked at different types of movement and […] Continue reading
January 26, 2016
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Comments Off on I’d better get out there and do it then!
Geography in school was something that was never really covered – or at least not in my primary school. History was something covered well and to an extent mostly just about the local area – that was 60 miles away (if I did culloden once at school I did it a thousand times!). The most […] Continue reading
January 26, 2016
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Comments Off on Reflecting on blog posts
I have recently been reading through other people’s blog posts. They are all very informative and interesting to read. I realize this is because they all posting on relevant information they have come across. Even if it’s from their day to day life, e.g. a conversation or a video from Facebook. Looking back at my […] Continue reading
January 25, 2016
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Comments Off on My Rules for Talking and Listening
When doing a language lesson it is important to make sure that the children in the class know that there are rules that they must follow for talking and listening. Below is a list of rules that I would like the children in my class to follow: Don’t talk over someone when they are trying […] Continue reading
January 25, 2016
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Comments Off on Reading for pleasure
In addition to my research interest in art education, I deliver the majority of lectures on Language and Literacy to ITE students. One area in particular has caught my attention […]
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January 25, 2016
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Comments Off on Let’s Make It Personal
Following the ePortfolio input where we had the opportunity to read some of our peers blog posts, I have realized that there are in fact a number of ways to display my professional thoughts within my own blog. I have also decided that I need to reflect more upon my own practice and take the […] Continue reading
January 25, 2016
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Comments Off on How to turn a page- volume I
During a Language workshop on reading I was forced to consider my thoughts on reading. I love reading- that is if by reading you mean: Twitter, Facebook, Texts, Messages, and Magazines (I can proudly say I’ve read over two years worth of Cosmopolitan Magazine- until a few months ago as they changed their editor and […] Continue reading
January 24, 2016
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Comments Off on #keepdancing
We recently had a workshop on dance and it was something which I thoroughly enjoyed. Between the ages of eight and 15 I took part in a couple of different dance groups. I started off as a highland dancer which was something I loved taking part in and is something I would really like to […] Continue reading
January 24, 2016
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Comments Off on Animoto – Internet Safety
During our recent ICT inputs (which I have thoroughly enjoyed) we have discussed developing children’s skills, using technology and the internet. An important aspect, which must be discussed with children, before hands on learning can begin, is the importance of internet safety. Animoto, and other such digital programs which can be used to explore different […] Continue reading
January 23, 2016
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Comments Off on No More Boring
Having crept away from the thought of writing blog posts over the festive period, I have now taken the advice from my lecturer and looked at some of my fellow student’s blog posts. I have to admit I feel slightly embarrassed with myself in regards to the amount of blog posts others have done compared […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on “Wisdom Begins With Wonder”
“Wisdom Begins With Wonder” Socrates. I am sure that I am not the only one, but I’m sure many other students who embarked on the wonderful degree in Education brought together an entire baggage of emotions filled with happiness and success but I’m sure that worries were part of it. Blogs, wait a second… “I’ve […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on We are getting to make a music video?!
When Sharon told us what our task was to be last week for our first animation input, I felt a great sense of nostalgia and so many happy memories came flooding back. I felt it was important to share this and reflect, because looking back it was such a significant aspect of my time at […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Effectively Improving My Blog
In today’s ePortfolio input we were all asked to look at some of our peers work, reflect on the way in which our peers are crafting their professional thoughts and to write about what they are getting from doing this and how others may benefit from reading their work. I have also chosen to share the posts in […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Reflection on Examples
I put my hands up and admit that over the assignment and Christmas break period I started lagging behind on posting in my ePortfolio. However, we were encouraged to read and reflect on our fellow students posts. I feel like this really gave me the push of encouragement I needed to get back into the swing […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Maths and Me
I recently attended my first couple of maths inputs and I would be completely lying if I said that the thought of them previously did not make me feel nervous, anxious and quite frankly down right scared. My relationship with maths for as long as I can remember has never been great. I just scraped […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Reflecting on other’s posts.
Reading through others posts has really made me consider what to blog about. I now have realised that personal experience is a good way to give a context for what you believe. As you have this experience you can give more detailed answer and conversation on the topic you pick. I think because you have experience […] Continue reading
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