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Despite this being a 'thinking' conference, despite us all being advocates for structured and scaffolded models of thinking, not one group had applied any thinking routines, utilised a collaborative planning protocol or talked about applying an inquiry model or design thinking cycle. It wasn't that we didn't know about them. It wasn't that we don't know how to use them. It wasn't that we don't value them. We had all the knowledge we could desire on the how to and the why of a broad set of thinking tools and anyone of these would have enhanced the process, but we did not use any of them. Why was this the case and what does this reveal about our teaching of these methods to our students?

"Classroom Management for Secondary School Teachers"

"About The Webcast Academy"

"Webcasting: Live from Your Classroom"

"I loved reading @thatboycanteach's blog this morning about music and his classroom-based Youtube battles with a former colleague.

It got me thinking about how I use music within my lessons.

To jolly my Y8 students along, I play 3 minutes of Bennie Hill's theme music as a signal that they should clear away practical equipment and return to their seats. It's great to see the startled look on their faces as soon as they hear the tune and then remember that they need to completely pack away before the music ends."

Classroom arrangement

Details at http://ukedchat.com/2016/11/16/329-reducing-stress-for-all/

Great video (only one minute!) that introduces the basic concept of flipped learning.

Resources about flipped classroom

A great way to send things out to students, keep them up to date, have them complete quizzes and assignments, and communicate with parents.

Important! When accessing Revision History and 'Restoring a Previous Version', no changes are 'eliminated!' The selected version is simply moved to the top of the revision history panel. This is huge: it means that students can't inadvertently (or intentionally) remove edits that form the history of the collaborative document!