by Sandy Phillips | Aug 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Apologies for anyone who had trouble using Global 2 this morning. It had a bit of a make over on the weekend but is now back in action.
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
A new report from the United Kingdom explores the research and debate among educators, parents and academics about teaching social and emotional intelligence in schools. Zoe Dunn undertook a research trip to schools across USA, UK and Sweden to see how schools in each...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
The primary aims of the study were to assess patterns of attendance over time, how these patterns vary across schools and students with different characteristics, and how these patterns of attendance contribute to student outcomes. In addition, the research team were...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 9, 2013 | Challenge, Uncategorized
Here is a widget I have used to present 5 pictures. The activity I have chosen is to see if students can use these visual cues to tell an story out loud. I would get students to plan their own using a combination of images to prompt the story. You could even record it...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 8, 2013 | How To, Uncategorized
Using widgets in any blog opens a new world of tools and presentations styles. Global2 comes with some widgets but it allows you to add in some external ones too. Here I have gone to the widgetbox site, chosen a widget to personalise and then inserted the code into...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses. Although there has been access to free online courses on the Internet for years, the quality and quantity of courses has changed. Access to free courses has allowed students to obtain a level of education that many only...
