Tim Sully is an inspirational ‘Master Learner’ who works for North Somerset’s Learning Exchange. He has just authored an informative and practical book on formative assessment – AfL (i.e. it is readable, engaging, honest and it really works!).
We introduced Tim to our ‘thinking chair’ at the Terra Nova in Cardiff Bay. After much deliberation, cogitation, rumination and collaboration, we decided…to go to Pizza Express!
Great website that allows you to easily enter text and create your own wordles – choosing a font, style and layout of your own! It is fun to play with and loads of potential uses! And it is free!
Single Steps uses them to collate feedback – great visual way of getting a flavour for each event. The bigger the text, the more frequently the word has been used in the feedback. This one is from the Stirling ‘Designing for Learning’ Step 2 event.
A few other uses…
Karen Workman has been invited (or persuaded! – she is a modest kind of person!) to feature on BBC Radio 5 Live show with Shelagh Fogarty – discussing family learning and the achievements/experiences of her students.
FRIDAY 8TH JULY 12-2pm
We shall be listening with interest – both as a ‘learning organisation’, but also as proud family members!
You can watch/listen live on http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/
May the force be with you, Karen!
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Basic Skill Learner of the Year, 2011 (Wales).
‘Mammy, you are really good at reading. Well done, Mam’ says Rachael Morgan’s daughter.
We can all make a positive difference.
If you would like more information on ‘Family Learning’ in the South Wales area, please emailinfo.singlestepslearning@gmail.com and we will put you in touch with Karen Workman and her colleagues.
Filed under Community Learning, Education, Learning, Potential, Risk
Pete and Jane Fox represented ‘Single Steps Learning’ in the U.S. National Conference on Student Assessment this weekend.
Conference details and materials can be found athttp://ccsso.confex.com/ccsso/2011/webprogram/Session2142.html
Filed under Designing for Learning, Education, Formative Assessment
so the Buddha simply said
“The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon”
but so many had such fingers of importance
they missed the point in hand
the grand design
only those who understand the art of fade
can ease the subtle moonlit dance of learning
the synchronizing of those single steps
that pulse through lives as lived
the way to give the gift
of understanding
the way to feed reflection
by Pete Fox, 2011
Filed under Creativity, Designing for Learning, Education, Passion, Potential
…and I’m going to drive 500 more!
7 miles from home and we hit 1000 miles for the trip!
Tired, but content! A very successful trip to Stirling. Super people, great teachers, intense learning.
And somehow we managed to rub shoulders with Timmy Mallet on the spiral steps of the Wallace Monument!
Filed under Designing for Learning, Early Years, Education, Primary, Secondary
…and it certainly did this last week! Really pleased to be back in Stirling mixing laughter with learning…and the occasional ‘Pink Floyd’ song! Great to work with Primary, Secondary and ASN Outreach in one cohort – a real wealth of experience and knowledge.
(…and yet more people who remember ‘The Adventure Game’!!)
An afternoon spent with our wonderful accountant, Alwyn Thomas, who guided us through the confusing maze of UTRs…VAT…Tax Returns…etc etc! We have valued his wise words for the last 4 years and would recommend his services to anyone in the South Wales area.
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