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Flickr – finding individual member’s contributions

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Linda
Finding all contributions from a member of a Flickr group

Not perfect but a good work around: To find all of the photos contributed by any group member, start by clicking on the narrow box to the right of the buddy icon. Click “Send Flickrmail.” (you won’t be sending any mail). In the … Continue reading →

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Life Without Goals – setting intentions for the new year

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Linda

Life without goals? Ironic or what? I’ve been teaching goal setting and target setting all term but I don’t do it myself! I’ve tried goal setting and all it does, for me, is set me up to feel like a … Continue reading →

Posted in action research | Tagged antidote, goal setting, informal approach, new year, new year resolutions, reflection

Open Badges Learner Story

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Linda

For week 2 of our Semester of Learning at P2PU we are looking at Learner Stories – imagined examples of how our learners might benefit from our use of the Open Badges scheme. I’m interested in the scheme mainly from … Continue reading →

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Teaching Assistants Level 1

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Linda
maths equipment to help place value

Teaching Assistants Level 1 – reflecting on my learning I mainly work at Level 1 which is pretty basic in UK further education. My learners are mostly volunteering as teacher’s helpers in primary (elementary) schools, maybe hearing readers or tidying … Continue reading →

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How Should We Assess People in Educational Contexts?

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Linda
How should we assess people in educational contexts? - Quora

There’s an interesting group of answers to this question appearing on Quora as part of #purposedassess. I thought I’d add my answer here as well: When working with adults in my role in FE I am involved with portfolio and … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged badges, ed team, educational contexts, informal approach, project based learning, reflection, using technology

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