One of the key items in my ‘iGCSE Course in a Box’ is the talking paper. Schools at the forefront of educational innovation are increasingly using the walking, talking exam as a means of increasing student confidence and exam performance. A walking talking exam involves a teacher going through a particular paper with the students,… Read more »
After six months of continuous effort and late nights I am really pleased to announce my latest video product – the complete iGCSE Physics Course. Alongside my existing Biology and Chemistry video courses this now means that the science suite is complete! Have a look at the new course by following the link below and… Read more »
After many hours of slide production and video recording the GCSE Physics Course is now nearing completion. I’m working on the last section, and I will then be releasing the Physics alongside the Biology and Chemistry components. The entire course will represent the culmination of hundreds of hours of work, and over 5000 individual slides. My… Read more »
Recently I was introduced to the delights of Udemy.com . I have been producing science revision videos in both GCSE Biology and GCSE Chemistry so I decided to re-package the material as a more general introductory course aimed primarily at homeschoolers. The homeschooling market is huge – about 2.9% of U.S. students (around 2 million… Read more »
As a teacher I get increasingly frustrated with the amount of time my students waste searching for answers on the Internet. It’s hardly surprising, given the volume of information available. I liken it to putting a student in the middle of the largest library in the world, asking them a question, and then expecting them… Read more »
Recently I’ve been looking at a website – Revision Universe – produced by Arnav Rawat. Arnav really has been doing his homework, and he has put together an excellent list of revision resources, in subjects ranging from Biology and Chemistry through to History and Geography. I know that my students often get overwhelmed by the… Read more »
One of my aims in setting up Online Science Teaching was to bring together outstanding science materials for use by others. I’ve been following Steve Spangler Science for a while, and I have been very impressed with his enthusiasm for science, his ‘showmanship’ and also his ability to make science a real entertainment through the… Read more »
Welcome to video 3 in this series, and here is where the fun really starts! In parts one and two we have looked at the whys and wherefores of online teaching using videos, and it’s now time to start putting content together. As a teacher, I use Powerpoint every day, and I really enjoy creating… Read more »
Are you still unsure that online teaching is the way to go? This morning I received a link from Khan Academy to a video from USA Today titled ‘The Classroom of the Future”. The video reported on the work of Knewton and Khan Academy, two of the leaders in developing online teaching. The video is… Read more »
I’m a great fan of the TV programme ‘Grand Designs’. I just love to see the buildings being erected from start to finish, and I marvel at some of the craftsmanship on show. But it doesn’t matter how gifted you are as a craftsman, if you havn’t got the right tools then you can’t get… Read more »
