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Reasons to be teaching

Learning with e's

As the schools reopen after the festivities, many teachers drag themselves out of their homes and make their way reluctantly in the cold and dark, back to the classroom, knowing that another hard term is ahead. How you learn often reflects how you teach. How you behave while in view of the children teaches them something else.

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Ten Ways to Use Video in the Classroom

TechSmith Camtasia

It’s back-to-school season for most educators and this year, the TechSmith Education team is writing a series of blog posts with some ideas for the classroom. Today, we want to take a look at using video in the classroom. Many people may think of video in the classroom as delivering a TED talk, History or Discovery Channel video.

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Teaching artistry

Learning with e's

I taught my first art lesson today. Passing colleagues were a little surprised to see me teaching in the art room, completely out of context. Normally I'm found teaching a session on educational theory or psychology, or information and communication technologies. I have never stopped being an artist.

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Computational Thinking in Teaching and Learning

TechSmith Camtasia

The idea of computational thinking has radically changed my approach to teaching over the past few years. My Classroom. My classroom, at its best, is a place where maximum time is spent with students wrestling with an engaging task. Knowing the difference comes from the very human experience of time in classrooms with learners.

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Classroom without walls

Learning with e's

I've written before about the idea of the classroom without walls. Today, with the sun shining down on the UK's warmest March in recorded history, my students and I sat in a classroom without walls - literally. We went outside and held our final teaching session of the term in the warm sun. But today was the real deal.

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Open door classrooms

Learning with e's

It was always the case, in every school I ever attended (9 in total) that once the door was closed, the lesson began and the teacher was in charge. Even now, as a classroom practitioner myself, I sometimes joke - 'close the door so people outside won't hear the screaming.' It is happening in some schools. Should this be a barrier?

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Teaching with Screencasts and Rapid Prototyping

TechSmith Camtasia

Back in my teaching days, we had a ninth hour elective class where students could take classes like computer repair, plumbing, ceramics, or guitar. In essence, as teachers, we got to teach classes based on our own hobbies. Part of where I struggled was writing up files for demos and examples each day for a lesson.