Author: Razi
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AI conference in Hong Kong
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/ TeachingRead More →: AI conference in Hong KongWhen I was asked if I wanted to attend the Asia Pacific International School Conference (AISC) in Hong Kong I said yes. I had never attended a single in person external Professional Development Session before and now I had the chance to go to an overseas one. Due to flights timing it was also impossible…
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A game about isolation
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Read More →: A game about isolationBefore the story here is a link to the very very rough pre-pre-pre-alpha game. I have tried not to add any instructions as I hoped that it could be tutorial through discovery. I will add some to the next build. WASD ? ? ? ? — move R — reset level The goal only works…
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Aiding Self-Selection for IB Physics
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/ TeachingRead More →: Aiding Self-Selection for IB PhysicsThis began as part of a course called the Middle Leadership Development Project. For my project I chose to focus on aligning and improving the relationship between physics and maths at our school. My school had two physics teachers. In the following year the other one would move onto her next school while I remained.…
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Developing and assessing exam skills without exam conditions
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/ TeachingRead More →: Developing and assessing exam skills without exam conditionsThanks to @miss_jayin who helped devise this. Our school has long desired to free itself of the tyranny of exams and move towards authentic assessment. Given the freedom I had with my class I clearly should have being doing more over these past few years. I plan to take advantage of the impetus and the…
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Grade boundaries tool
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/ TeachingRead More →: Grade boundaries toolEarly on in my teaching career I grew frustrated with the deciding the exact grade boundaries for internal exams. So I created two tools. IGCSE Calculator IB Calculator
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Subject Clusters Version 1
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/ TeachingRead More →: Subject Clusters Version 1Subject Clusters – How schools can use schedules and micro-sites to minimise cross links during pandemics Version 1.0 It started as a random tweet to my epidemiologist friend Dr. Gonzales. He encouraged me to fully form this idea of how a school could be structured in the face of the corona virus crisis. I know…
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Subject Cluster – How highschools can navigate forced re-opening
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/ TeachingRead More →: Subject Cluster – How highschools can navigate forced re-openingHere is a scheme I have been thinking about if we are required to return to school. Subject “Clusters” Actual numbers will, of course, be different and we may rely on many teachers teaching non-specialist subjects. and limit optional subject. Assuming 90ish students per year we can split each year into 3-4 groups. And thus…
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Avoiding Modification and Deletion Methods
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Read More →: Avoiding Modification and Deletion MethodsDeletion and modification seem to confuse students. Additive methods appear easier in my experience. I wish to present a few tweaks I have used to get my students past sticking points. In my practice these tweaks have been extremely potent. I would like to hear about any other special fixes people have found for the…
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Stop thinking – A peculiarity of teaching
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/ TeachingRead More →: Stop thinking – A peculiarity of teachingI teach students between the ages of 16 and 19, specialising on mathematical components of a more generalised course . I am uncertain as to the location of the inflection point between pushing critical understanding and just mechanically working through procedures to arrive at an answer in learning maths. However, it still continues to surprises…