Comments for The H-Blog http://h-blog.me.uk Picking my way through the maze of Scottish education... Sun, 30 May 2010 21:00:36 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by I promised thoughts on #tmfuture: here they are | chrisrat.com http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2917 I promised thoughts on #tmfuture: here they are | chrisrat.com Sun, 30 May 2010 21:00:36 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2917 [...] this more generally. I know that TeachMeet has much more of a history than I have with it, reading Iain Hallahan’s blog post, it seems I have come across TM very late – and I am very jealous of those who have been with [...] [...] this more generally. I know that TeachMeet has much more of a history than I have with it, reading Iain Hallahan’s blog post, it seems I have come across TM very late – and I am very jealous of those who have been with [...]

]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by eylanezekiel (eylanezekiel) http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2839 eylanezekiel (eylanezekiel) Tue, 25 May 2010 10:03:56 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2839 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/eylanezekiel" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="eylanezekiel (eylanezekiel)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://h-blog.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="eylanezekiel (eylanezekiel)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/eylanezekiel) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> A more sociable time RT @don_iain: My SLS piece on TeachMeet - the story so far... [link to post] #tmfuture (via @don_iain)<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by don_iain (Iain Hallahan) http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2838 don_iain (Iain Hallahan) Tue, 25 May 2010 10:02:55 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2838 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/don_iain" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="don_iain (Iain Hallahan)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://h-blog.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="don_iain (Iain Hallahan)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/don_iain) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> A more sociable time RT @don_iain: My SLS piece on TeachMeet - the story so far... [link to post] #tmfuture<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by don_iain (Iain Hallahan) http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2837 don_iain (Iain Hallahan) Tue, 25 May 2010 10:01:55 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2837 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/don_iain" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="don_iain (Iain Hallahan)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://h-blog.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="don_iain (Iain Hallahan)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/don_iain) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> My SLS piece on TeachMeet - the story so far... [link to post] #tmfuture<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by pete_mulvey (Peter Mulvey) http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2836 pete_mulvey (Peter Mulvey) Tue, 25 May 2010 09:57:55 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2836 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/pete_mulvey" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="pete_mulvey (Peter Mulvey)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://h-blog.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="pete_mulvey (Peter Mulvey)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/pete_mulvey) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @don_iain: A more sociable time RT @don_iain: My SLS piece on TeachMeet - the story so far... [link to post] #tmfuture<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by Tweets that mention The H-Blog » Blog Archive » TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. -- Topsy.com http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2834 Tweets that mention The H-Blog » Blog Archive » TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. -- Topsy.com Tue, 25 May 2010 07:38:02 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2834 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Iain Hallahan, Iain Hallahan, dughall, ScotEduBlogs, Nick Hood and others. Nick Hood said: @don_iain excellent article, Iain: timely and rich. http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Iain Hallahan, Iain Hallahan, dughall, ScotEduBlogs, Nick Hood and others. Nick Hood said: @don_iain excellent article, Iain: timely and rich. http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161 [...]

]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by Nick Hood http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2833 Nick Hood Tue, 25 May 2010 06:31:12 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2833 Excellent article, Iain, thank you. I am concerned that the current clamour for some kind of formalisation of the Teachmeet "brand" will pour beer on the barbecue of creativity: it's the anarchic nature of teachmeets that make them the fantastically inspirational events they have become. We're a long way from a few teachers in a bar but I'd like to keep that "few teachers in a bar" feel. Sponsors are essential to give us venue and nice nibbles: grease to the machine, as it were. If these are handled carefully, they and the participants benefit without getting in each others' way. I guess it's going to get a little tighter in the coming days of austerity but never has there been a time when we need teachmeet less. Great stuff, thanks. Excellent article, Iain, thank you.

I am concerned that the current clamour for some kind of formalisation of the Teachmeet “brand” will pour beer on the barbecue of creativity: it’s the anarchic nature of teachmeets that make them the fantastically inspirational events they have become. We’re a long way from a few teachers in a bar but I’d like to keep that “few teachers in a bar” feel.

Sponsors are essential to give us venue and nice nibbles: grease to the machine, as it were. If these are handled carefully, they and the participants benefit without getting in each others’ way. I guess it’s going to get a little tighter in the coming days of austerity but never has there been a time when we need teachmeet less.

Great stuff, thanks.

]]> Comment on TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. by ScotEduBlogs (ScotEduBlogs) http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-2830 ScotEduBlogs (ScotEduBlogs) Tue, 25 May 2010 02:44:55 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=161#comment-2830 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/ScotEduBlogs" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="ScotEduBlogs (ScotEduBlogs)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://h-blog.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="ScotEduBlogs (ScotEduBlogs)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/ScotEduBlogs) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> ScotEduBlogs: TeachMeet – The Story So Far….. [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> Comment on Building Glow Communities – Social Studies by christoper http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-2370 christoper Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:13:59 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=51#comment-2370 Time Spent Teaching Social Studies In order to cover that many benchmarks, teachers would need 15,464 hours of solid instructional time. In a typical 180-day school year, teachers have approximately 9,042 hours of actual time spent teaching (Maranon, 2003). Of those hours, primary grades emphasize reading instruction over all other content areas because administrators and teachers feel pressured to devote their time and energy to those areas that are tested. In a study conducted by the Council for Basic Education (2004), elementary principals reported a decrease in instructional time for social studies in grades K-5 since the year 2000 (Hind, 2005). It seems that the current trend is for students to have little exposure to social studies in the primary grades. <a href="http://www.sangambayard-c-m.com" rel="nofollow">social studies </a> Time Spent Teaching Social Studies

In order to cover that many benchmarks, teachers would need 15,464 hours of solid instructional time. In a typical 180-day school year, teachers have approximately 9,042 hours of actual time spent teaching (Maranon, 2003). Of those hours, primary grades emphasize reading instruction over all other content areas because administrators and teachers feel pressured to devote their time and energy to those areas that are tested. In a study conducted by the Council for Basic Education (2004), elementary principals reported a decrease in instructional time for social studies in grades K-5 since the year 2000 (Hind, 2005). It seems that the current trend is for students to have little exposure to social studies in the primary grades.
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]]> Comment on Gaming Design with 2DIY by don_iain (Iain Hallahan) http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=82&cpage=1#comment-1582 don_iain (Iain Hallahan) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:43:43 +0000 http://h-blog.me.uk/?p=82#comment-1582 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/don_iain" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="don_iain (Iain Hallahan)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://h-blog.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="don_iain (Iain Hallahan)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/don_iain) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> @mvass Think this should be it: [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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