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Pádraig de Búrca commented on the post, The Evolution of Professional Learning in the Social Media Age 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Well said! I, for one, am thrilled to be a small part of an ever-expanding network community of teachers. I, too, have been motivated to continue blogging primarily because there is an audience wider than just my […]
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Pádraig de Búrca commented on the post, One Minute Writing 4 months ago
Also one called 100 word challenge at http://100wc.net/
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Pádraig de Búrca commented on the post, One Minute Writing 4 months ago
Thanks Ann. This idea sounds really good. The simple ones are the best, methinks. I’m going to work on it tomorrow!
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Pádraig de Búrca wrote a new post, Mrs. Hay’s Keys: Grammar Is Important 4 months ago
I’m an old fogey when it comes to writing. I spend many hours each term teaching grammar. We work on this formally twice-weekly, and incidentally when an interesting situation arises.
One such situation was […] -
Pádraig de Búrca wrote a new post, Commander Chris Hadfield In My Classroom 4 months, 1 week ago
Two weeks ago I came upon a wonderful idea at Pedagoo. Very simple, as many wonderful ideas usually are. I resolved to bring a specific teaching strategy to my classroom. I wrote about it here a little while […]
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Pádraig de Búrca wrote a new post, Resolutions for My Class: There Is No Box 4 months, 2 weeks ago
It’s January, and it’s resolutions-time.
I’ve been taking a little look every now and then at the Pedagoo Resolutions Document. and I’ve added an idea myself hoping to bring together several heads around the […] -
Pádraig de Búrca replied to the topic There is no box in the forum Find the Question 4 months, 2 weeks ago
My first reaction(s):
How many letters in the word four?
How many provinces are in Ireland? (Note, there were five, historically) -
Pádraig de Búrca started the topic There is no box in the forum Find the Question 4 months, 2 weeks ago
This is a GREAT idea. Teaching children to think outside the box. In fact there is no box. Here’s a generic answer. I wonder how many different types of question might our pupils come up with.
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Pádraig de Búrca commented on the post, An Unexpected Journal 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Inspirational, Kate! I too am penning my first
teaching-reladted blog post, very much akin to yourself, motivated
by truly affirming interactions with faceless twitter friends.
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