![]() I am a busy person. Like most of you, my life is full! I have a job, a family, friends and hobbies. Squeezing it all can be a challenge! So like most people, I tend to multi-task. I have one screen open on one device to do marking, while watching a movie with my son. I take my laptop on holiday so that I can plan lessons. And like most people, when I do have a free moment - I’m on my phone! Usually social media or games or just anything to suck the attention. This weekend wasn’t so different. I was camping in beautiful St Bathans, doing the dishes in the campervan and decided to multi-task. So I decided to listen to one of the podcasts I’ve had sitting in my playlist for a while. Turned out to be a perfect one! Click HERE to listen. This led to me to some pondering. Firstly, about my own habits! How often do I stop and do nothing? Or just do a mindless task without trying to multitask something else? Not nearly enough, I think! But also, about my students. Those wee beans who walk into my class period 3 or 4. They’ve already had 2 classes, 2 assignments or tasks. They’re probably thinking about what they have to get done for this afternoon's class, or tomorrows. How many projects are they carrying around in their heads? And that doesn’t even account for when they are thinking about filling in sports application forms, or running through gym routines for after school. Or if they’ll have to cook dinner tonight? I wonder how often our students get bored, and get bored long enough to actually think? I see how quickly they reach for their phones if they finish a task in class, or how quickly those tabs change on their devices. So, have a listen to the talk, and have a think about what you can do to advocate ‘boredom’ in your class! ~Amy-Lee Budd
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![]() Below is Duncan's full Pechkucha which he delivered to the audience of the opening showcase event at this year's ULearn conference. The conference was attended by more than 1500 delegates this year. In this presentation, Duncan hints at what will be covered in our team's (Duncan Trickey, Amy-Lee Budd and Rowan Taigel) upcoming workshop session, "Spiralling into Collaboration", which received outstanding feedback. Watch this space, there is more to come from our time at the conference. It takes a while to process! To follow us on Twitter, click on our names here to find and follow us [Rowan, Duncan, Amy-Lee]. If you're not on twitter, and want to know why you should be, read this blog post. |
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