Category: Online Science Teaching

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 »

My previous blog post was the first in a series in which I will be describing how I put together my online video resources and how I produce and upload them.  At this point I thought that I would show you an example of the sort of products I enjoy creating. I have another site… Read more »

In recent blog posts I have discussed the relative merits of blended (flipped) learning and spaced learning.  Both of these approaches can impact significantly upon your teaching, and upon the success of your students.  Just this morning I have checked on a spaced learning resource that I put up on YouTube for my students in… Read more »

Do your students find it difficult to take in and retain the facts that you’re teaching – I’ll bet they do!  Schools invest a lot of time and money encouraging their students to effectively revise.  As a teacher I find it frustrating that even though I may have flagged up a forthcoming test over and… Read more »

In a recent issue of ‘Wired’ magazine, Daphne Koller (cofounder of the online-learning platform Coursera) expressed concern about the lack of educational capacity in many countries.  For example, it has been estimated that India will need 1,500 universities to accommodate its growing population.  A major stumbling block in any planning towards this goal is the… Read more »

Hi, and welcome to my first post on this new blog. The ‘About’ page gives you a brief outline of who I am, what I do, my family and my interests.  Suffice to say here, I am a science teacher and have been so for over 30 years (I stood in front of my first… Read more »