CW with English - 12/12/13

Worked with English department, showcasing reading strategies.

Synonyms
"a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close"
Hook - Friends




Identify words students commonly use in their design logs that need to be improved e.g. big - thinking year 9.

Starter activity
Link to Pointless game e.g. students to come up with the best synonym and one that no one else has thought of - Gold for a pointless answer.

Text
Provide a simplified text - students to add description to improve the text - homework?
Next lesson, starter - compare with exemplar or each others.

Banned Vocab
Create a list of banned vocabulary.

Formative Assessment resources

Formative Assessment Starter guide

Formative Assessment Summary

CAT Verbal vs Non Verbal

CAT Visual-Verbal Learning Profile

National Curriculum for Computing

Computing NC

Narrowing the gender gap in GCSE Computing

Presentation on narrowing the gender gap in GCSE Computing by Dan Gardner

Curriculum changes 'to catch up with world's best' - 8 July 2013

Mr Gove has announced changes to the curriculum for computing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23222068

Python - CM Meeting 040713

# Receive and Return
# Demonstrates parameters and return values

def display(message):
    print(message)

def give_me_five():
    five = 5
    return five

def ask_yes_no(question):
    """Ask a yes or no question."""
    response = None
    while response not in ("y", "n"):
        response = input(question).lower()
    return response

# main
display("Here's a message for you.\n")

number = give_me_five()
print("Here's what I got from give_me_five():", number)

answer = ask_yes_no("\nPlease enter 'y' or 'n': ")
print("Thanks for entering:", answer)

input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")

Middle Leaders Development Programme

New VLE - How to

Javi and Richard have made some 'How 2' movies to support with using the new VLE.  New features like creating an image gallery (called the lightbox) and general tips on how to upload with folders etc... to keep your subject areas looking good and easy to use feature on the films.

Please find the link to the movies on the new VLE below
https://moodle2.wildern.hants.sch.uk/course/view.php?id=80

The new VLE welcome page is:
https://moodle2.wildern.hants.sch.uk/

Our usual school website login should work for it.

Any questions please contact Tim, myself or ask the Lead Practitioners!
Thanks,

E-safety

What is Cyberbullying?

Simon's Story

CPD Day - Thursday 27 June

Today we have been looking at our KS3 SOWs and identifying areas that could be refreshed or added to bring them more up to date:
ICT KS3 development

Ideas for future trips have also been looked at today:
ICT & Business Trips ideas

Postcards home - identifying kids to praise!

Kagan

DisrupIT SIG - Storify

Following last night's SIG, I have created a Storify to demonstrate to my General Studies group.  They will use these to show their argument on the story of whether the NHS should charge for smoking, obesity or alcohol related illnesses.

Here's my storify on the Food Labelling story this week:

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Latest OFSTED information

Revised OFSTED guidance

Subject Specific guidance - ICT

MatthewKnight.co.uk: ICT The National Curriculum in England Framework...

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CodeMonster

Teaching code, step by step

Code Monster

MatthewKnight.co.uk: 15 Sites for Learning how to Program or Code

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