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A very interesting blog post about online professional learning networks and professional learning.

Implications of accepting full ideas behind 'learning styles' theory

Article about primary school who encouraged students to compete with the best they could be, rather than with each other.

Interesting post - about games in education, but actually about all learning experiences. My next big problem (wrong word?) is how to do this kind of stuff inside a school that's moving very slowly or not at all in this direction. I'm all for being disruptive, but what happens to those students who get taught by me in a student-centered, project based if they then move on to someone who has a more teacher centered approach the following year?

What happens to those students who get taught by me in a student-centered, project based if they then move on to someone who has a more teacher centered approach the following year? They either revert to being passive learners or they demand more from the next teacher who then has a choice.... Also, expectations from whole school need to be cranked up if slow in this regard. (However, I do understand why some schools are finding it hard to move on, it requires energy and drive to do this, things which are being drained from our schools and leaders because of so many pressures and anxieties) . As they say though, our students only get one shot at this ......

Fascinating and practical post from Oliver. Interesting it ties in with the findings from talking to my year 7 form for purpos/ed - above everything else they wanted more choice in their curriculum.

I love this site as it's a fantastic way to get the kids applying their mathematical knowledge. The Leaderboard introduces an element of competition and the problems change each time the game is played so pupils cant just learn the answers. If you set up a class account you can keep track of what the pupils have attempted and how well they did - so you can target problems straight away.

SOLO, which stands for Structure of Observed Learning Outcome, provides a systematic way of describing how a learner's performance grows in complexity when mastering many tasks. Suggested by @dougbelshaw as more relevant to 21st C schools than Bloom.

I think this could fit in with the Welsh curriculum quite nicely

not groundbreaking but some interesting points :)

All learning is social or environmental. One learns from where one is and/or who one is with.

Neuroscience - will watch this site with interest but need to be sure it's more than 'pop' psychology

Another interesting piece.

Revise link following the demise of Teachers TV

The subject classroom quality standards are useful