Posts by Mark Taylor
171: Dyslexia awareness and how technology can help
Aimee Cave is a current practising SENDCO in East Yorkshire with sustained experience of creating good provision in her school, including orchestrating the school becoming the first ADHD friendly school in Yorkshire. She also runs her own SEND Consultancy business. Aimee has completed her NASENCO Award, is an Accredited Attachment Lead and has been trained by Whole School SEND in supporting other schools to review and improve their SEND provision.
As part of her work in school Aimee started using (and then working with) Lexplore Analytics.
Lexplore Analytics combine the latest in both AI and eye-tracking technology with the “human touch” of good teachers. By analysing correlations and patterns in eye movement data, our machine learning models are able to quickly and objectively determine reading attainment. Some of these patterns might even elude most human beings or other computer programmes, therefore, their introduction into the classroom can help offer teachers an entirely different perspective when it comes to reading, as well providing the valuable information needed in minutes.
@LexploreUK (Twitter)
@lexploreuk (Instagram)
Lexplore Analytics UK (Facebook)
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
Youth Climate Summit
The Youth Climate Summit 2020 is being brought to you through the collaboration of a large group of individuals and organisations. We would like to thank all of them for their hard work in making this happen.
https://www.transform-our-world.org/whats-on
Time is already running out to tackle the climate and ecological emergency. Unlike world leaders, young people are refusing to let it drop off their agenda.
Schools from around the UK will be coming together for the Youth Climate Summit during what would have been the week of COP26 to take action to create a more just, sustainable world and make commitments and pledges for the planet.
What is the Youth Climate Summit?
The Youth Climate Summit is an engaging, free and accessible week of climate action and discovery for schools, with events hosted online throughout the week. The Youth Mock COP is running at the same time, and the Youth Climate Summit will complement and feed into this.
The Youth Climate Summit is coordinated by environmental charity Global Action Plan and aims to empower students and teachers to become more ambitious with their school commitments in tackling the climate emergency.
We’d love to get every school in the UK talking about the climate and ecological emergency and what action they are taking at a time when World Leaders should have been doing the same.
In bringing together young people from across the UK who are committed to taking action, the Youth Climate Summit will demonstrate how critical the climate emergency is to young people, and send a clear message about the expectations they have of the world leaders that represent them.
Who can take part in the Youth Climate Summit?
Teachers and young people – whether in schools, groups or independently – are welcome to join the Youth Climate Summit. The Youth Climate Summit will support and connect young people across the UK to come together to take action on issues they care about.
How will the Youth Climate Summit work?
The Youth Climate Summit will run over five days, from 9-13th November 2020, with participants joining online.
Created in collaboration with teachers and young people, each day will focus on a different theme, with morning, afternoon and after school sessions (film screenings and teacher CPD), as well as fringe activities provided by schools, youth-led organisations, community groups, NGOs, experts and thought leaders.
Each day will have its own set of pledges for schools to make.
Find out more
https://www.transform-our-world.org/whats-on
170: Thoughts on UK lockdown no. 2 and more
On this episode Mark talks about the UK going into lockdown and how recent events have impacted Education on Fire.
What we can do to support ourselves and each other.
Plans for the future.
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
169: Make the Grade with Dr. Steven Greene
Dr Steven Greene – the Success Doctor – is a life long educator, best selling author of “Maximum Education”, host of the mAke the grAde podcast, and online success community facilitator.
His mission and focus are simple: to provide actions so his students can maximize their education.
In 1997, he founded mAke the grAde Academic Services, which has provided educational consulting and tutoring services to over 13 000 students and their families and counting.
5 Key Structures of Learning Success
- Physical – where do you work
- Time – How do you schedule your studies
- Academic – Know what to study
- Accountability – Who is on the path with you
- Support – Where do you go if you need help
Resources Mentioned
Social Media Information
www.makethegrade.community (success community)
www.makethegrade.education (resource community)
www.facebook.com/DrStevenGreene (personal)
www.instragram.com/makethegrade
www.linkedin.com/in/makethegrade
www.twitter.com/makethegrade
www.pinterest.com/makethegrade
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
168: Pandemic Pods
I discuss pandemic pods and how they can support you during this current Coronavirus outbreak.
Pandemic pods can take a number of forms, including:
- Parents swapping care for each other’s children, most likely rotating the children between houses, with less of a specific focus on learning (perhaps for younger children)
- Hiring an online tutor to coach a group of students primarily online
- Hiring a caregiver to work with the children in-person to make sure they stay on track with school-provided curriculum
- Either swapping care or hire a caregiver to focus on aspects of learning that aren’t traditionally covered in school (e.g. interest-led learning, explicitly anti-racist, anti-patriarchal learning, etc.)
Jen Lumanlan, a previous guest from episode 68 has put together resources to help you navigate this new world of learning.
Jen Lumanlan holds an M.S. in Psychology (Child Development) and an M.Ed., and hosts the Your Parenting Mojo podcast which is a reference guide for parents of toddlers and preschoolers based on scientific researchers and the principles of respectful parenting. In each episode she examines a topic related to parenting and child development from all sides to help parents understand how to make decisions about raising their children. She lives in California with her husband and daughter.
Social Media Information
@YourParentingMojo (IG, FB)
If you want to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below?
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal