Inspiring Videos as Visual Writing Prompts | The Tech Savvy Educator

07/10/2011 – Some stunning visuals for setting and description.

20 Gadgets That Innovate Ordinary Things

28/09/2011 – photographs and short explanations of real – bizarre and unusual inventions, together with some new takes on old ideas.

A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

20/09/2011 – “A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives*”

Amphibiolies – Syntactically ambiguous sentences

20/09/2011 – “Amphibolies are syntactically ambiguous, meaning you can read them in more than one way. “

Cheeseburger Brown: Wile – The Unauthorized Biography of Wile E. Coyote

18/09/2011 – “The sun is high and hot. Impossible rock sculptures tower over the desert floor, casting short purple shadows on the scrub and cacti. An insect chirps. A trail of speeding smoke appears at the horizon, tearing along the highway with reckless abandon. If we were to take a very fast exposure of the dust cloud as it blasts by, we might get a blurred snapshot of a giant RoadRunner (runforrestus run). Shaking her blue crest, quoth she: “Beep-beep.” Brilliant!

How to Make Chocolate Ice-cream Cups Using Balloons – Funny Mike

18/09/2011 – Great series of photographs, ideal for adding text / drama such as freeze frame or mime.

http://www.mathsframe.co.uk

18/09/2011 – Very clear “Resource Available Ordering Comparing and Reading Numbers Ordering, Comparing and Reading Numbers / Addition and Subtraction Addition and Subtraction Resources / Multiplication and Division Multiplication and Division Resources / Partitioning and Place Value Partitioning and Place Value Resources / Word Problems Word Problems / Fractions Decimals and Percentages Fractions Decimals and Percentages / Latest Resources Latest Resources”

31 Interesting Ways to Get to Know Your New Class – “Google Docs”

03/09/2011 – A gem! Interesting, original, fun ways to meet your new class. A wide range of activities contributed by twitter folk and compiled by Tom Barrett.

MEWAN Subject Leader Information : Resources to support Mathematics Subject Leader

29/08/2011 – “Documentation to support Numeracy| Auditing Literacy and Mathematics Subject Leader self evaluation grid Guidance on writing RAPs and blank ISP RAP Maths Co-ordinators file Sample Mathematics Policy What should be in your maths toolbox Looking at a sample of children’s work (AT1 focus) Looking at a sample of children’s work checklist Looking at a sample of children’s work (Renewed Framework) Oct 07 Looking at Planning (Renewed Framework) Oct 07″

Maths Planning on MEWAN

29/08/2011 – Superb planning site for mathematics. Planning a unit of work Flow chart to support planning a unit of work Long term planning overview Long term planning overview example for 2007/2008 Long term planning overview example for 2008/2009 A Unit route map: A teachers overview of REVIEW / TEACH / PRACTICE / APPLY / REVIEW for a 10 or 15 day unit. Long term overview of BLOCKS and UNITS Objectives and Strands: An Overview.  You can also find planning notes / front sheets for medium term planning / I can statements / pitch and expectations.