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- 1. Step away from the textbook! www.chrisfuller.typepad.com @chrisfullerisms Chrisfullerinspain@hotmail.com
- 2. For the next 2 hours we are going to... 1) To think about what we want to form the basis of our pupils’ learning 2) To reflect on ways to look again at content 3) To discuss how to keep finding new ideas
- 8. Persisting • Stick to it • Remain Focussed • Never give up discuter persister organiser Managing Impulsivity • Take your time • Think before you act • Remain calm and thoughtful penser réflechir examiner considerer Listening to others • Consider someone else’s point of view • Consider all the options écouter examiner considerer évaluer Thinking about thinking • What are you thinking • What are you doing? • What effect are you having on others? considerer discuter évaluer formuler Qu’est ce que vous avez fait aujourd’hui? Thanks to Helena Butterfield How + when do we introduce past tense? Why not from start for reflection?!
- 11. What are pupils going to be talking about? School disco Upcoming trip ?!
- 13. Blogging
- 14. Comments from the world
- 18. Make like a DT teacher
- 19. www.glogster.com
- 20. www.voki.com
- 23. How often do we make our pupils THINK?
- 24. Flags
- 25. Flags colours neighbours phonetics Uruguay Chile Bolivia Argentina Perú Cuba design own flag? work with other depts to design own kingdoms?
- 26. animals ballena cobaya vicuña viscacha llama flamenco
- 27. animal wild domestic food? flamenco ballena llama vicuña cobaya viscacha
- 28. http://24timezones.com/map_es.htm Time zones At 7a.m. in Lima, what time is it in Madrid? How could we look at daily routine in a different way? - describe daily routine in... - what would people be doing at...? Why? - chores?
- 29. Climate zones
- 30. Climate zones
- 32. www.flickrcc.bluemountains.net Contact the photographers? (idea from Alex Blagona)
- 33. Development
- 34. www.worldmapper.org Total population Huge opportunities for contrasts. WHY are these patterns true?
- 36. http://especiales.lainformacion.com/espana/espana-en-50- graficos/?grupo=1&grafico=4 What questions with there are / there were Because there is... WHY do migrants move to certain parts?
- 37. Mapwork with thanks to Neil Jones
- 38. Mapwork with thanks to Neil Jones
- 39. OS maps on bing.com
- 40. Hint - There are 11 different symbols to identify! Identify all the symbols you can spot on this Ordnance Survey map. O.S. map symbols What materials can we adapt from Geography dept? e.g. great Boardworks resources
- 42. Be nice to the Geography department www.radicalgeography.co.uk Could we persuade the Geography department to use TL country as a case study?
- 43. ¿Qué tiempo hace en España en verano? with thanks to Neil Jones
- 45. Government departments have huge advertising budgets- can we use their materials?
- 46. www.pubstv.com
- 47. How stimulating is YOUR local area? Benefits of the Olympics? Who should host the World Cup? Transport links Benefits to society Tourism Regeneration Should there just be 1 Olympic venue, used every 4 years?
- 48. Picasso
- 49. Miró Google Earth: Prado Museum
- 51. Grammar
- 52. Learning on the move podcasts (e.g. Edgehill grammar series, Coffee Break French etc)
- 53. Assessment
- 54. There is no failure, only feedback But have we convinced pupils of this? How do they view their feedback?
- 55. Highlighting heaven • Focus on the positive • Indications of where objectives have been met • Promotes pupil reflection with thanks to Dom McGladdery www.domsmflpage.blogspot.com
- 58. A few blogs to start with... Neil Jones www.mfljones.wordpress.com Rachel Hawkes www.rachelhawkes.typepad.com/linguacom Chris Harte www.chrisharte.typepad.com José Picardo www.boxoftricks.net Living Geography www.livinggeography.blogspot.com Follow sidebar links- there are so many great blogs out there!
- 59. www.teachers.tv make the most of it while we’ve still got it!
- 61. Step away from the textbook! www.chrisfuller.typepad.com @chrisfullerisms Chrisfullerinspain@hotmail.com
Editor's Notes
- What question can delegates discuss? Diamond ranking task? Exam success, international awareness, passion, ability to think, ability to improvise, grammatical understanding