Great feedback from Gabriela Grossek on her workshop with teachers. Fascinating – and sad – when you read her descriptions of living and teaching in rural areas. Especially the contrast with the state-of-the-art stuff being done by teachers in towns. WORKSHOP ‘TACCLE 2 – A PROJECT FOR YOUR CLASS’ Improving the quality of your teaching Full Article…
Competition – sponsored by SAGE
The Pontydysgu team are in Cadiz at ECER 2012 (European Conference for Educational Research). We have been keeping our eyes open for new resources for Taccle 2 teachers and were really impressed by a new book from SAGE publications Using Social Media in the Classroom by Megan Poore. It is packed with practical ideas for Full Article…
Today’s Reporter
Age: 5-9yrs Ease *** Overview This activity gives learners a chance to reflect on their day. Children learn how to structure a day and develop their chronological awareness in a real-life context. They have the opportunity to assess the day’s activities. Description Create a timetable so that once a month a learner takes on the Full Article…
Diventa un insetto
Età 3-7 anni Difficoltà *** Breve descrizione Questa è una rapida introduzione all’utilizzo delle fotocamere e videocamere digitali. Gli studenti fanno finta di essere degli insetti e registrano un viaggio attraverso gli occhi dei loro mini-animali. Essi, quindi, possono utilizzare i loro filmati per pubblicare un video (con musica di sottofondo) su Internet. Attività Full Article…
Jenny Hughes
I’m Jen Hughes. I work for Pontydysgu – a small company based in Pontypridd in Wales and Bremen in Germany. My job on the Taccle 2 project is to edit the books and write the final copy once we have all decided what is going to go in them. I was a Maths teacher (11-16) Full Article…