How Might We Re-imagine Assessment, Tracking, and Reporting?
In the short video below, I want to share one approach that may help to support the measuring and tracking of skills across the senior...
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Hexis21
- Feb 5, 2022
- 9 min
Why continual and planned formative assessment generates learning gains and develops character
Why formative assessment strategies can demonstrate learning as opposed to performance.
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Hexis21
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
Traditional school reports are dead
Why progressive reporting offers meaning, direction and iteration As a senior school teacher, I have written thousands of end of...
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Hexis21
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
How do people actually learn?
Do your teaching resources take into account the science of learning? If they don't you may be cognitively overwhelming your students
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Hexis21
- May 3, 2021
- 10 min
A Brief Case Study of A Collaborative Critical Thinking Exercise.
We know that the skills most in demand for the Fourth Industrial Revolution towards which we are hurtling towards at breakneck speed
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Hexis21
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Using systems thinking to uncover connections
Each week I run a discussion group called the Politics and International Relations Society. It is open to pupils aged 12-18 and each week...
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Hexis21
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
Creativity Tip #5: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
Today marks the final creativity tip in a series of five and this one is one of my favourites as it offers challenge, thinking time
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Hexis21
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
Creativity Tip #4: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
Integrating creative thinking and problem solving into traditional academic courses that lead directly to standardised tests
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Hexis21
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Creativity Tip #3: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
Today's creativity tip revolves around the idea of transformation. Thinking in terms of transformation will allow your students to consider
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Hexis21
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
Creativity Tip #2: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
There is a misconception that constraints are inherently negative and any solution that is created within them is going to fall short
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Hexis21
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
How to supercharge your thinking skills
I’ve been sharing a lot of information about critical thinking and how we can use it as a problem-solving skill. The other strategy...
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Hexis21
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
How to think as an innovator
If you want to develop your creative thinking and problem solving skills you need to practise them. Anyone can be creative and solve...
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Hexis21
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
How to think like Pythagoras
This blog post will outline a simple strategy that you can use in any situation to help you solve problems or overcome challenges that...
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Hexis21
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
How to use an idea box to solve problems
The Idea Box is based on a theory of Dr Fritz Zwicky who was a Swiss astronomer. What Dr Zwicky found was that when you are faced with a...
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Hexis21
- Mar 2, 2021
- 9 min
What will the 'double disruption' of the pandemic and increasing automation mean for job seekers?
According to the World Economic Forum, half of us will need to reskill in the next five years as a result of what is being dubbed the...
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Hexis21
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
How to create a purpose driven and effective online course
You may be a teacher, trainer or entrepreneur interested in sharing your knowledge, skills and expertise with the world using an online...
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Hexis21
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Instructional Design: A Systems Approach Model
Dick, Carey, and Carey (2009) proposed 10 stages of learning in their model of instructional design. The model identifies a systems...
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Hexis21
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
What is the instructional design model, ADDIE?
How do we go about planning online courses that meet the needs of all stakeholders using ADDIE?
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Hexis21
- Feb 15, 2021
- 7 min
The power of microhabits
Did you know that the most effective way to improve your life is to establish good habits and stick to them? Researchers have found that...
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Hexis21
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
What traits do creative people have?
Have you ever wondered what drives creative people? What makes them different? Creativity can challenge you, give you energy, and allow...
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