This theory is lifted straight from Malcolm Gladwell‘s book The Tipping Point and is based around the principle that if people see broken windows, they see a lack of care. The smallest things matter, and if the smallest details are taken care of, real care is shown. A very good friend of mine works in [...]
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Working blind to change
May 5th, 2010 by admin
With the majority of my time in my current job teaching ICT, I see a vast array of skills and abilities on display. Some children appear to grow these talents instinctively (if that is possible), whereas others put in the hours at home to make dynamic leaps in terms of progress. Using MSN for example [...]
Tags: change, communicate, ICT, ideas, resistance, students, theories
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Violent computer games make your kids negative: Discuss
February 10th, 2010 by admin
This is a response to a Channel 4 program, Extreme Parenting, in which a segment was given over to a study of Violent games. A group of boys were randomly divided in two, and asked to play either a football game or a violent game. Their heart rates were monitored during this. They were then [...]
Tags: communicate, computer games, Experiment, extreme parenting, media, research, students, TV review, violent games
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Organisation – at a snip
January 20th, 2010 by admin
I’m a big fan of scissors. I have always loved them, even as a small child. They are my favourite item of stationery equipment, and to my mind cutting paper with a new pair of scissors is akin to the spoon-in-the-instant-coffee-seal pleasure.
Amazon warehouse logic in your classroom
December 11th, 2009 by admin
A simple experiment in my classroom confirmed what I believed for a while – the eyeline is the buyline in the classroom as well as the supermarket. A box of tissues normally lasts about a week, but moved away from the front of the classroom, one box lasted three weeks. Whether there were more sniffs [...]
Feeding Back on Student Feedback
October 13th, 2009 by admin
I am about to carry out a school-wide feedback experiment, but first a little background reflecting! It is perhaps as common in Teaching as it is in other professions, but we tend to let negativity cancel out a disproportionate amount of praise. A successful parent’s evening can be brought down by one comment, and have [...]
Tags: Experiment, feedback, google form, response, students
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