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OneNote – Reflections on the first term of use with three new ambitions

OneNote – Reflections on the first term of use with three new ambitions

by thequillguy | Jan 6, 2018 | For School, OneNote, Studying for School, Technology and Education, Useful Apps

After one term of using OneNote in the English classroom, this is what I found: a) Navigating PowerPoints via a printout on OneNote is more functional: Being able to scroll up and down through the PowerPoint was interesting and useful. A key number of students were...
Writing Composition in the British NC: can we learn something from this American focus?

Writing Composition in the British NC: can we learn something from this American focus?

by thequillguy | Jan 4, 2018 | For School, Reading for Living, Reading for School, Sources of Non-Fiction

The examinations in the British NC focus heavily on word and sentence level analysis. Analysing the connotations of individual word choices, for example, is a dominant focus on most of the current English language exam, and not to mention being useful (perhaps even...
Focusing on Writing Composition for MA: why is this under-related to what the profession does?

Focusing on Writing Composition for MA: why is this under-related to what the profession does?

by thequillguy | Jan 1, 2018 | Cultural Capital and Education, For School, Non Fiction Writing

The past few days I have been reading about writing composition with some interest as a synthesis of my interests since I last wrote. Writing composition seems the happy compromise between argumentative writing and analytical essays. Much of my current curriculum...

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  • OneNote – Reflections on the first term of use with three new ambitions January 6, 2018
  • Writing Composition in the British NC: can we learn something from this American focus? January 4, 2018
  • Focusing on Writing Composition for MA: why is this under-related to what the profession does? January 1, 2018
  • Dissertation Focus: Fiction Writing or Functional Writing? Or seeing how others do it? December 29, 2017
  • Can Young’s concept of powerful knowledge, together with Bernstein’s theory of horizontal and vertical discourse, help to overcome some of the limitations of Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital in explaining the connection between lower socio-economic status and underachievement?   December 29, 2017
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  • Offering verbal feedback (via OneNote) makes students actually think November 9, 2017
  • Teaching well requires more nuance than can commonly be expressed… some thoughts. October 9, 2017
  • Time Management – Using a to-do lister October 6, 2017
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  • Our Focus for the Advanced Debaters This Year September 29, 2017
  • Cornell Notes and OneNote – Learning Literature Profoundly September 23, 2017
  • Ambitions for the Year: Debate Club September 23, 2017
  • AQA Paper 1 Question 5 Example Answer in Real Time (with errors!) September 20, 2017
  • Analysing Connotations in The Whale Rider – KS3/Year 7 Introduction September 19, 2017

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  • OneNote – Reflections on the first term of use with three new ambitions January 6, 2018
  • Writing Composition in the British NC: can we learn something from this American focus? January 4, 2018
  • Focusing on Writing Composition for MA: why is this under-related to what the profession does? January 1, 2018
  • Dissertation Focus: Fiction Writing or Functional Writing? Or seeing how others do it? December 29, 2017
  • Can Young’s concept of powerful knowledge, together with Bernstein’s theory of horizontal and vertical discourse, help to overcome some of the limitations of Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital in explaining the connection between lower socio-economic status and underachievement?   December 29, 2017
  • How does metacognition benefit learners and learning in English and what are the implications for learning in an international school?  December 29, 2017
  • Offering verbal feedback (via OneNote) makes students actually think November 9, 2017
  • Teaching well requires more nuance than can commonly be expressed… some thoughts. October 9, 2017
  • Time Management – Using a to-do lister October 6, 2017
  • Time Management: Thoughts and Advice September 2017 September 29, 2017
  • Our Focus for the Advanced Debaters This Year September 29, 2017
  • Cornell Notes and OneNote – Learning Literature Profoundly September 23, 2017
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