Modern Languages Blog

School:
Don’t talk to anyone while you work. Don’t copy the work of those who’ve done the same thing before you. Make sure you have all the stuff you need to know in your head.

Business or Work:
Talk to everyone, try to copy what they do and build on it, know how to find out the information you need. Be ingenious!
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Teachers reaching the end of their careers are often those who are most excited about the changes and opportunities in education. Is this because they are finally being released of the shackles of conformity that they have had their whole career? Is there a way to liberate teachers from this before they reach 60?
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Some people think technology is just about doing what we do already quicker, neater or with more colour. It’s more useful to think about learning in terms of what we can do now that we couldn’t do before thanks to technology, building, space, more thinking.
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Vocabulary is a heck of a barrier to making changes : ‘Not School‘ had huge effects on the performance of kids because the learning wasn’t learning. Learners were researchers.

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