7 Ways to Harness the Potential of Your Commute
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7 Ways to Harness the Potential of Your Commute

Don't Waste Time Commuting. I have recently gone from a commute of less than 20 minutes walk to over an hours drive each way. That has led to me wanting to find ways to make use of that time. Here are 7 suggestions to use the time you spend commuting more productively. Turn Netflix into… Continue reading 7 Ways to Harness the Potential of Your Commute

The Reason I jump Lessons learned from Noaki HIgasidas book on autism
Autism, education, inclusion, special education, special needs

What I learned from “The Reason I Jump.”

Written by the then 13 year old Naoki Higashida an Autistic young man from Japan The reason I jump is a fascinating insight into his views on how Autism has shaped his perspective of life. The book answers a series of questions put to Noaki which he answers using an alphabet grid devised by his mother.

Free SEN teaching transport topic worksheets
education, Education Technology, ICT, inclusion, special education, special needs, Teaching

Using Videos to Boost Engagement.

On Youtube you can probably find a video that will link in with your lesson no matter what it is. These can be really effective teaching tools or a time filler. If needed you can use a "safe" version of youtube (Safetube) to remove the links, comments, and buttons that do quite often link to… Continue reading Using Videos to Boost Engagement.

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education, leadership, management, NPQSL

NPQSL: Sinking Swimming & Surfing

Evaluating Your Education Leadership Success I have based this post on a task for my NPQSL - You can see my final submission here. This terminology comes from a study of a commercial company by Binney, Wilke & Williams in 2005. Given the commercialisation of some aspects of the education system it may be more… Continue reading NPQSL: Sinking Swimming & Surfing

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Blogs, education, special education, special needs, Teaching

Excellent SEN Blogs to follow: Part 1.

These blogs are those that I have visited often and found great ideas, positivity or inspiration for my own writing from. Due to the nature of the blogosphere there are likely to be many great blogs I have missed, some great bloggers are reticent to promote their writing. If you know of a great blog please add it to the comments I will be doing a second post later this month.