Ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011

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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations status Hi Looking forward to tonight's #ukedchat; missed last week 19:59 #ukedchat Welcome to tonight's 'ukedchat where we will look at how teachers can help improve children's imaginations! #ukedchat Time for #ukedchat... I want to see ch writing about things other than blood and gore on the 100WC. How can I help? #ukedchat Can't wait for #ukedchat tonight! Ready and excited to learn new things for my new job :)
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Ok, over to @TheHeadsOffice for #ukedchat Please remember to 20:00 include the hash tag so we can archive the chat RT @ukedchat: Want to keep up with #ukedchat ? Try the stream 20:00 on http://t.co/0D5HCtH7 20:00 #ukedchat hello :) RT @TheHeadsOffice: I want to see ch writing about things other 20:01 than blood and gore on the 100WC. How can I help? #ukedchat Can teachers beat the influence of TV/DVDs & war games? 20:01 #ukedchat @dailydenouement #ukedchat ahh, we used to call that over intensification of labour, Scruton and the neo conservatists! Bristol 20:01 Poly BEd :) It's 8pm - time for #ukedchat with @theheadsoffice - we're wondering how to deviate from blood and gore in creative writing @ICTwitz I agree we've got some good ideas and writing using Roald Dahl #ukedchat If you're a first timer or you need #ukedchat help, give me a poke, I'm here to help! RT @ukedchat: It's 8pm - time for #ukedchat with @theheadsoffice we're wondering how to deviate from blood and gore in creative writing @TheHeadsOffice You could always start by telling inspiring stories such as those of @MrMarkBeaumont or @Al_Humphreys #ukedchat Ooh #ukedchat Surely it's all about reading, and getting rich experiences from stories?
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Surely children write largely from their own frames of reference & 20:03 films or video games play a huge part in that... #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice remind them about audience. I once told mine that the blood & gore made me scared & that I couldn't mark 20:03 #ukedchat Can we use drama with history etc.. Use love of war to live life of a refugee maybe? Motivate to write using topic differently? 20:03 #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @ukedchat Avoid blood and gore by making it about robots. At least their fights require some imagination #ukedchat What do you do to inspire a range of creative writing ideas in your pupils - primary or secondary? #ukedchat Good Evening all n @TheHeadsOffice I would strongly edu based games via an iPad today as its varied n keeps the kids on their toes #ukedchat RT @ICTwitz: Ooh #ukedchat Surely it's all about reading, and getting rich experiences from stories? > agreed What other influences can we put into the menu to produce rich imaginations? #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat I think more teachers also need to enhance visual literacy within the WHOLE curriculum - primary and secondary! I have morning work for my kids during register and usually around twice a week they have to describe setting from a pic on board #ukedchat I've got my @ukedchat hat on for the next hour - we're talking about promoting imaginative writing. Please come and join us #ukedchat
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RT @imrandjk: @TheHeadsOffice i dont necessarily think it's about 20:04 beating it - more about embracing it #ukedchat >Good point. How? ...so it is a matter of teachers working to try to influence or shift 20:04 that frame of reference to help broaden experiences #ukedchat How we can teach imagination and creativity http://t.co/SkbovH1p please share your ideas here #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice i dont necessarily think it's about beating it more about embracing it #ukedchat RT @vicksytoria1: Motivate to write using topic differently? #ukedchat @reflectivemaths good thinking! #ukedchat
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@_imaginaryme: working to try to influence or shift that frame 20:05 of reference to help broaden experiences #ukedchat exactly! X RT @SecurusSoftware: RT @josiefraser: Using the mobile phone in school handbook http://t.co/eX5I9AgM #esafety #edchat 20:05 #ukedchat 20:05 @theotheralig that's an interesting idea. Did it work? #ukedchat Give them puzzles, half finished presentations via MS PowerPoint, 20:05 some things which keep them thinking all the time #ukedchat Our latest free resource pack is about healthy eating! Download at 20:05 http://t.co/01jPN4md #ukedchat #food #teaching #resources
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations #ukedchat other days I give a list of characters for them to write with. Gradually trying to build up a base of different chs and 20:05 settings! We have used Myst III to great effect for a Theseus and Minotaur creative writing exercise @timrylands Got fantastic writing. 20:05 #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice @vicksytoria1 #ukedchat War themed: write about a code breaker and the need to run a double life? @BeeBecF this sounds like a really interesting and engaging approach. #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Possible visual aids around the classroom? Outline a basic story and allow them to develop it further? #ukedchat RT @BeeBecF: We have used Myst III to great effect for a Theseus and Minotaur creative writing exercise @timrylands Got fantastic writing. #ukedchat
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@TheHeadsOffice I teach film studies to students so it's more about 20:06 them looking deeper into the eyes of the film/tv show #ukedchat We can't dismiss what chn value and want to write about but we can help them learn to value other things & express that in writing 20:07 #ukedchat #ukedchat children are naturally imaginiative when they are 20:07 playing. Play and drama can be fantastic ways to develop writing. RT @vicksytoria1: @theotheralig: @TheHeadsOffice remind them about audience. #ukedchat agreed! giving them a 20:07 purpose and audience is vital provide children with the stepping stones that give them the 20:07 confidence to be independent and adventurous #ukedchat @ukedchat We fortunate to have training by @timrylands himself 20:07 to demonstrate use of virtual reality. Chdn really get 'into' setting. @theotheralig: @TheHeadsOffice remind them about audience. #ukedchat agreed! giving them a purpose and 20:07 audience is vital Has anyone used geocaching to promote imaginative writing? 20:07 #ukedchat @ukedchat Lots of disguised opportunities in F2! Making labels for 20:07 their construction. Writing on different things, clipboards, chalk etc. @LawrenceBham I like the idea of visual aids around the room. 20:07 How long do they work on it? #ukedchat @ukedchat No, but would love to give it a go. What are people using for geocaching? How could it be used to promote 20:08 imagination? #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @BeccaGlenny: provide children with the stepping stones that give them the confidence to be independent and adventurous 20:08 #ukedchat >Defo! @photographamy don't forget to include '#ukedchat' otherwise 20:08 only I will see your wise words! I've retweeted for you this time :-) 20:08 @reflectivemaths @theheadsoffice ooh good idea! #ukedchat @ukedchat what about the actual use of drama/film 20:08 making/blogging about what they have done? I find empathy a really effective tool-Put the children in the imaginary shoes of someone else. Gets them thinking outside the 20:08 box #ukedchat Never seen children more inspired to write after entering Dr Who 20:08 Script to Screen competition. Resources still online. #ukedchat @ukedchat Fortunate to have training by @timrylands himself to demonstrate use of virtual reality. Chdn really get 'into' setting 20:08 #ukedchat Writing for younger children can prompt a gentler approach even 20:08 from the boys! #ukedchat RT @photographamy: #ukedchat Lots of disguised opportunities in F2! Making labels for their construction. Writing on different 20:08 things,etc. #ukedchat @BeeBecF @timrylands MYST exile is fantastic! writing I got from kids was best yet!!! Lights off. material from ceiling, 20:08 music! I've used adventure/exploration based Wii games, such as African Safari or Endless Ocean to spark writing, with great results. 20:08 #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice I added posters to inspire their thinking and what life would be like in these environments #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: Writing for younger children can prompt a gentler approach even from the boys! #ukedchat #ukedchat writing in different places and on different things. We have lots of whiteboards in EYFS. Chalkboards, ring bound notebooks etc. #ukedchat asking "what if...?" Using film, art, music, stories as starting points.
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20:09 @Lorna_Gallagher great point, do you have any specific examples? #ukedchat games and film are kids live these days! Use them to our 20:09 benefit, rather than letting them watch them like zombies RT @Lorna_Gallagher: #ukedchat children are naturally imaginiative when they are playing. Play and drama can be fantastic ways to 20:09 develop writing. RT @TheHeadsOffice: Writing for younger children can prompt a 20:09 gentler approach even from the boys! #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Promoting an understanding of and sensitivity to a specific 20:09 audience can help too #ukedchat 20:09 @BeeBecF that must have been phenomenal! #ukedchat by example! be creative and imaginative with the children. lots of 20:10 freedom and sharing of ideas in shared writing. #ukedchat @ikeontoast How would you move them from the graphic to the 20:10 sensitive when watching films? #ukedchat RT @Lorna_Gallagher: #ukedchat Using film, art, music, stories as 20:10 starting points. <- Interpreting music into a story is great fun! @ukedchat Thanks, just remembered. 140 characters is just not 20:10 enough!! Have also used visual literacy with picture books to good effect 20:10 even in yr 4. Used Voices in the Park. #ukedchat Using stimulus can be useful? Guardian eyewitness photo app is fab 20:10 #ukedchat As writers chn should be encouraged to consider purpose of their writing, impact it will have on reader. This can be overlooked 20:10 #ukedchat When it comes to audience is there a role for class blogs? 20:10 #ukedchat Would using ICT to help enhance their language skills help? 20:10 Something like http://t.co/LnuhzKYR #ukedchat RT @imrandjk: @ukedchat what about the actual use of drama/film 20:10 making/blogging about what they have done? #ukedchat Minor tech fail there - now back. What's our topic tonight? 20:10 #ukedchat @ictast #ukedchat 10 ideas for using geocaching at school 20:11 http://t.co/qqYKuGqm #ukedchat have used myst @timrylands - fun and imaginative if 20:11 tricky on my iWB Here are the thoughts of some children on our topic! 20:11 http://t.co/Qhp7R0Qp @_imaginaryme #ukedchat RT @missnoor28: Using #Twitter in High School Classrooms http://t.co/6xGCXOhh by @plugusin #edtech #edchat #ukedchat 20:11 #TMKY11 @theTREASUREtree #ukedchat Can you share a link or example 20:11 please? @Lorna_Gallagher: #ukedchat Play and drama can be fantastic 20:11 ways to develop writing. - agreed #ukedchat I like the idea of using history themes via 20:11 @vicksytoria1with modern tech to enhance imagination creatively Our story starters have word lists. Perhaps you could list all the nasty words for them saying they must use the opposite! 20:11 #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Blogging has definitely helped my writers - they understand they now have a wider, varied audience to consider and engage 20:11 #ukedchat I think writing about their actual experiences is very important. 20:11 #ukedchat I use photos of old opera performances I was in to stimulate ideas 20:12 #ukedchat -will post on my blog jwpblog.wordpress.com 20:12 What's the topic tonight? #ukedchat 20:12 @_imaginaryme How did you extend their audience? #ukedchat @ictast how to take creative writing outside with 20:12 http://t.co/VNmI7yzJ http://t.co/6YM17eXL #ukedchat @ukedchat one of my biggest influences is music and that is something that touches all ages - could this be a starting point? 20:12 #ukedchat #ukedchat Don't read children a story at end of day, make one up 20:12 with the children. They love it! Can go on for a week! In considering that wider audience, they become much more 20:12 reflective, self-aware and sensitive writers #ukedchat @ikeontoast @timrylands Was amazed at quality of writing - was 20:13 only a few weeks into school year. Hit ground running #ukedchat Its all about knowing the children in your class, taking risks and giving children rich activities http://t.co/SkbovH1p #ukedchat RT @deerwood: #ukedchat has anyone tried writing film scripts? Even using cue prompters? @TheHeadsOffice I used twitter to promote our blog and gradually draw in a wider audience. I also forged links with other schools #ukedchat Promotion & exposure of the Arts will support creativity in the classroom & writing (someone tell the current Government pls) #ukedchat RT @deerwood: #ukedchat has anyone tried writing film scripts? Even using cue prompters? RT @Educationchat: #ukedchat Don't read children a story at end of day, make one up with the children. They love it! Can go on for a week! @dailydenouement how to inspire imaginative writing - moving away from blood and gore (or embracing it?) #ukedchat #ukedchat live feed at http://t.co/0D5HCtH7 allowing children to blog about their interests should help creative writing #ukedchat #ukedchat at lendmeyourliteracy.org we make publishing your work the challenge.Massive impact for children keen to have work shared on blog
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations #ukedchat has anyone tried writing film scripts? Even using cue 20:13 prompters? #ukedchat what kind of resources do people use for imaginative 20:13 writing for primary school children? @dailydenouement Can we teach imagination so that ch can write 20:13 beyond blood & gore #ukedchat Collaborative writing through Cover It Live has been tremendously powerful in raising awareness of how others view our writing 20:14 #ukedchat We're quarter of the way through tonight's #ukedchat about 20:14 promoting imaginative writing - some great ideas being shared 20:14 #ukedchat a creative teacher will inspire creativity? ;) Get children to TALK together before writing. Don't accept their first answer - give them time to be more imaginative & model it 20:14 #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice @deerwood I've used http://t.co/P5elyAHb as a 20:14 cueprompter for short films. Pretty good site. #ukedchat #ukedchat Has anyone got the kids to make videos which they've 20:14 then put on the web? Seeing as were on writing I like to use these www.everybodywrites.org.uk/writing-games/primary/ #ukedchat 20:14 pie corbett writing games My pupils really like story boards. Could you give picture cues, and 20:14 children write their own stories? #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice I'm glad this is the #ukedchat, really interesting after reading so many 100WC's that are gore related! I find at 2ndry we have to teach genre conventions but try to give free rein on content #ukedchat #ukedchat anyone have time to comment on my P5 pupils' 100 word stories? It is our first attempt and just a cl (cont) http://t.co/95iLU38S RT @photographamy "writing in different places" Great! What about this stuff: http://t.co/SFEeWXAf they can write on the walls! #ukedchat #ukedchat Try http://t.co/t3AlNsN6 half way through shows the story of Victorians in an animation. Promoted dialogue and collaboration #ukedchat visit our new page on @PieCorbett who kindly responded to questions from the children which inspired them to produce great poems. SO should we be trying to move BEYOND blood and gore or EMBRACING it and developing it? #ukedchat Writing shouldn't be a lonely task! Pupils should plan through collaboration with support from peers. Ideas will flow, risks taken #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @DeputyMitchell: Writing shouldn't be a lonely task! Pupils should plan through collaboration with support from peers. Ideas will flow, risks taken #ukedchat RT @HannahSheltonTT: @TheHeadsOffice I'm glad this is the #ukedchat, really interesting after reading so many 100WC's that are gore related! RT @Lorna_Gallagher: #ukedchat a creative teacher will inspire creativity? ;) #ukedchat Time is a big issue - Creativity can't be forced into a short timeframe, it must be cultivated slowly.
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@ukedchat its all about embracing it and not being too afraid of 20:15 using what students actually know about #ukedchat RT @_imaginaryme: Collaborative writing through Cover It Live has been tremendously powerful in raising awareness of how others 20:15 view our writing #ukedchat RT @missnoor28: RT @deerwood: #ukedchat has anyone tried 20:15 writing film scripts? Even using cue prompters? #ukedchat. His interview and children's work produced as a result 20:15 all available to help inspire your children! The most imaginative ideas never the first.Play treasure chest games with them& bits of old junk. Accept the third or fourth ideas 20:16 #ukedchat Bit of a narrow #ukedchat tonight - one for the English teachers 20:16 only. RT @ICTwitz: My pupils really like story boards. Could you give 20:16 picture cues, and children write their own stories? #ukedchat RT @DeputyMitchell: Writing shouldn't be a lonely task! Pupils should plan through collaboration with support from peers. Ideas 20:16 will flow, risks taken #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat do u mean from just watching to 20:16 feeling/empathy? @Educationchat How do you get the ideas into their heads to get 20:16 them talking if their experiences are limited to tV? #ukedchat RT @JCBarrington: #ukedchat Time is a big issue - Creativity can't 20:16 be forced into a short timeframe, it must be cultivated slowly. I'm amazed at what my pupils are producing in our #NaNoWriMo 20:16 club #ukedchat @ukedchat I'd only let them write about blood and gore once, then 20:16 say we need to cover a range of genres! RT @ICTwitz: My pupils really like story boards. Could you give 20:16 picture cues, and children write their own stories? #ukedchat Hi @ukedchat am catching up has anyone mentioned Wikis to promote collaboration & creative writing? e.g. http://t.co/ZpaJLuoT 20:17 #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Is blood & gore just an age thing? Secondary folk please tell us! 20:17 #ukedchat@ICTwitz RT @LeeDonaghy: Bit of a narrow #ukedchat tonight - one for the English teachers only. <--All teachers must have goods to offer on 20:17 this. @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat By getting them to pretend they're 20:17 different people. Acting differently, thinking differently. I like genres! RT @dailydenouement: I find at 2ndry we have to teach genre conventions but try to give free rein on content 20:17 #ukedchat RT @ukedchat: Today #ukedchat was presented with some incredible stats of our reach. Quite a story! Literally thousands of 20:17 people! Wow! #ukedchat our strapline is Create,collaborate,celebrate children 20:17 enjoy all aspects of this and produce high quality writing. 20:17 Anyone going to #PiXL tomorrow? @ikeontoast If it's all action how do they see the character? 20:17 #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Is the gore and the blood just an age phase? 20:17 Imagine it's true in KS2, but beyond that? #ukedchat RT @slbeducation: #ukedchat I'd only let them write about blood 20:17 and gore once, then say we need to cover a range of genres! Ive found mind mapping good for creativity, writing in short clips. Pupils surprised how much they've written when put together 20:17 #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice The problem is that children have always had this 20:17 fascination, through video games it's developed further #ukedchat #ukedchat pictures uploaded to jwpblog.wordpress.com have a 20:18 glance sometime @ukedchat Link to our story starters http://t.co/EbOM0zoQ If it's a good idea we could create some with nasty word lists #ukedchat @ictast I found cue prompter good for getting pupils to think how to phrase words to make sense #ukedchat #ukedchat questioning has got 2be most important! What do u see? Hear? Feel? What's happening around u? What are people saying? Imagination RT @deerwood: Ive found mind mapping good for creativity, writing in short clips. Pupils surprised how much they've written when put together #ukedchat #Elements #Dropbox And #Markdown Powered Text Editor for #ipad #edtech20 #mlearning #edchat #ukedchat #globaled11 #elt http://t.co/pibaY7Ao
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Get them to make a children's book inspired by pictures in http://t.co/oeVaY8Pr ... then expand to a piece of creative writing! 20:18 #ukedchat RT @_imaginaryme: Collab writing through Cover It Live been tremendously powerful raising awareness of how others view our 20:18 writing #ukedchat @LeeDonaghy a fair point but all primary teachers and all english 20:18 teachers will find it of interest? #ukedchat #ukedchat using story telling in groups to develop narrative skills20:18 recording and replaying before writing -it worked for Homer And Primary folk too! RT @LeeDonaghy: Bit of a narrow #ukedchat 20:18 tonight - one for the English teachers only. #ukedchat who mentioned wikis? I found them put ppl off writing 20:19 as they're so cumbersome, except PrimaryPad, of course. @deerwood Yeah, I agree. I find that recording pieces of work as an audio file often allows children to rethink their word choice. 20:19 #ukedchat RT @theTREASUREtree: @ukedchat Link to our story starters http://t.co/EbOM0zoQ If it's a good idea we could create some 20:19 with nasty word lists #ukedchat @ukedchat @leedonaghy #ukedchat surely if we are being creative the way we teach writing should flow through a number of 20:19 subjects. #ukedchat does it always have to be about the writing - surely we 20:19 have to embrace the use of tech alongside it? I can vouch for cover-it-live. Have done them & they are vrill! 20:19 @Cherise_Duxbury #ukedchat RT @JamesTheo: Get them to make a children's book inspired by pictures in http://t.co/oeVaY8Pr ... then expand to a piece of 20:19 creative writing! #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice I think blood/gore is age thing even within KS2. My Y6s seemed aware that it wasn't what reader wanted 20:19 #ukedchat @matthljones Interesting #ukedchat on creative writing tonight: 20:19 http://t.co/QPR3her0 RT @Lorna_Gallagher: #ukedchat children are naturally imaginiative when they are playing. Play and drama can be fantastic ways to 20:19 develop writing. 20:19 #ukedchat cueprompter?@deerwood @TheHeadsOffice Develop an understanding of placing one self in 20:19 another's shoes & embracing their environment #ukedchat 20:19 @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat do the experience with them... Do pupils grow out of reverting to blood and gore for imaginative 20:19 writing beyond KS2? #ukedchat via @ICTwitz
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @JCBarrington: #ukedchat Time is a big issue - Creativity can't 20:19 be forced into a short timeframe, it must be cultivated slowly. reducing the fear of failure / risk taking has to play an important 20:19 role #ukedchat @ukedchat - that's quite a left-field idea but can see the potential. 20:20 #ukedchat RT @imrandjk: #ukedchat does it always have to be about the 20:20 writing - surely we have to embrace the use of tech alongside it? #ukedchat recording is really useful-captures a moment for 20:20 discussion and editing #ukedchat: There's scope for creative writing in social studies and 20:20 beyond. RT @imrandjk: #ukedchat does it always have to be about the 20:20 writing - surely we have to embrace the use of tech alongside it? The power of a faculty twitter account - @PCSAScience: 20:20 http://t.co/h2F9fmVQ #ukedchat RT @imrandjk: #ukedchat does it always have to be about the writing - surely we have to embrace the use of tech alongside it? #ukedchat #ukedchat Blogging certainly improves/increases creativity and fosters anticipation in receiving feedback get involved @tphippo RT @ukedchat quarter of the way through tonight's #ukedchat about promoting imaginative writing - great ideas shared @ukedchat @slbeducation lol #ukedchat @ICTwitz I always try to do that but they turned a smiling elephant into a safari hunt!! #ukedchat What really practical ideas have worked for you in terms of promoting creative writing? #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice games don't have 2b action! My best writing came from Myst exile game...no blood or action in sight! Just scenery #ukedchat @slbeducation search class blog for film at http://t.co/qE4wq7Sv the class with help from film makers wrote and shot the films #ukedchat I think the imitation/innovation grids are a great way of scaffolding creative writing ideas #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Could you play them a piece of film and ask them to develop it further? #ukedchat If you want to join free #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project read more here http://t.co/6mVYXZME #edchat #globaled11 #ukedchat #e2conf @TheHeadsOffice Could the 100WC have words that NEED to be used within the 100 words? Prompt away from the gore and blood? #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Many of you have mentioned role play, empathy. How do you 20:21 teach that if it is missing in experience? #ukedchat RT @_imaginaryme: @TheHeadsOffice SEAL resources, esp photocards, great for empathy #ukedchat >So linking with other 20:22 topics. Great! #ukedchat Creativity might best be served by some good oldfashioned #grammar teaching - students need to know rules before 20:22 breaking them #ukedchat use a stimulus for writing e.g a dramatic, abstract painting. Have an open class discussion then let them loose! Great 20:22 responses. #ukedchat in EYFS writing often needs a purpose. Not many children (boys esp) write for fun. Role play is great provides lots of 20:22 opportunity #ukedchat used Myst but have not played whole game- is there a 20:22 short cut to get the scenarios without playing? @KV80 Yet we stop allowing children to play after Reception...then 20:22 wonder why their imagination is lacking! #ukedchat #ukedchat Good point. To me, it's not ALL about the writing, but 20:22 sometimes it's about the ideas, then working with those ideas! @mrpeel #ukedchat otherwise known as autocue, used in films and tv for presenters. http://t.co/C2uyzjGJ (I think) a free online version RT @ikeontoast: games don't have 2b action! My best writing came from Myst exile game...no blood or action in sight! Just scenery #ukedchat RT @deerwood: Ive found mind mapping good for creativity, writing in short clips. Pupils surprised how much they've written when put together #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice SEAL resources, esp photocards, great for empathy #ukedchat
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@literacylender @leedonaghy #ukedchat they need to be very 20:22 imaginative to write about events which they never experienced. #ukedchat we work with our neighbouring school to provide an audience, both online and face to face. Makes writing real for the 20:22 children. Wonder how many Y6 classes have a well used role play area? Not 20:23 even considering asking Secondary teachers... #sad #ukedchat Oral storytelling is the key at primary. Develop the inner dialogue,play with sentences orally,record them and write them 20:23 #ukedchat @DeputyMitchell @leedonaghy surely 20:23 imagination/empathy/thinking is key to all learning? #ukedchat #ukedchat Providing children with experiences-real or simulated 20:23 has to be one of the keys to imagination
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @deerwood the simple wiki in Moodle will do the job - or how about the old favourite on paper: "fold over stories" a classic! 20:23 #UKedchat its about working in a cross-curricular fashion. Using Art, drama, music, sport etc to promote and support creativity in 20:23 writing #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Is empathy not a skill that is cultivated 20:23 throughout school anyway? Role play areas, drama, etc? #ukedchat 20:23 #ukedchat 750 words is great for senior kids http://t.co/QoXlqNQk #ukedchat Used online comic strip maker to create 'Bullying' story 20:23 today, Y8 loved it @grumpysheepy @ictast that's the point, gets pupils to write for 20:23 someone else to speak #ukedchat #ukedchat When I was at school in the sixties we wrote a long story every week. Now some kids hardly write stories at all. #ukedchat Kids keep a journal to record ideas, real life events, words they come across, etc. Youtube has chn's authors talking about this #ukedchat At KS5 in English Language pupils have to create texts & write critical commentaries: last yr mostl (cont) http://t.co/YOF5ofur RT @davidhunter: Oral storytelling is the key at primary #ukedchat <- Agreed! The use of voice is v.powerful, whether it's tone or volume! @jimjudges #ukedchat it's a brave man who mentions moodle and paper to me in the same tweet!
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RT @Mrs_Mabel: #ukedchat Providing children with experiences20:24 real or simulated has to be one of the keys to imagination @LearningSpy Like that approach! "Explain which rules you've 20:24 chosen to break here"! #ukedchat @mrpeel Google 'walkthroughs' for tons of sites that allow you to 'cheat'. I got to 4 main worlds so lots of variety for writing 20:24 #ukedchat RT @JCBarrington: @TheHeadsOffice Is empathy not a skill that is cultivated throughout school anyway? Role play areas, drama? 20:24 #ukedchat>Yes! @wildblu: #ukedchat Blogging certainly improves/increases 20:24 creativity and fosters anticipation in receiving feedback>>AMEN RT @photographamy: #ukedchat in EYFS writing often needs a purpose. Not many children (boys esp) write for fun. Role play is 20:24 great provides lots of opportunity #ukedchat Apart from the sheer joy of writing stories, we will need 20:24 creative imaginative thinkers in the workforce more than ever.
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations 20:24 pictures work - even weird ones #ukedchat http://t.co/5CI694MR RT @wildblu: #ukedchat Used online comic strip maker to create 20:24 'Bullying' story today, Y8 loved it >Sounds gr8! #ukedchat I'd say that students are generally very good at writing 20:24 they tend to struggle much more with reading - esp unfamiliar texts RT @Mrs_Mabel: #ukedchat Providing children with experiencesreal or simulated has to be one of the keys to imagination @Lorna_Gallagher role playing :) #ukedchat Writing for an audience is important. I saw a guy using e-books to showcase handwritten work. Did something with Wallace & Gromit #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice You ask them questions. It's surprisingly easy to fire an underused imagination! #ukedchat #ukedchat using media and movies, tv, cartoons for students own stories linked in to various ICT apps/software and a literacy gold mine RT @wildblu: #ukedchat Used online comic strip maker to create 'Bullying' story today, Y8 loved it RT @Mrs_Mabel #ukedchat Providing children with experiencesreal/simulated has 2 b1of the keys to imagination>should be out of the classroom
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#ukedchat my class quite like a choice of story openings for them to 20:25 continue. I am always amazed at the different directions they take @LearningSpy that's a unique idea that I've not heard bandied 20:25 about so far tonight. I only remember learning grammar in french! @MrAColley Yes. Could make for some rin depth discussions about 20:25 #grammar #ukedchat RT @wildblu: #ukedchat Used online comic strip maker to create 20:25 'Bullying' story today, Y8 loved it <Me too! Toondoo or storybird. RT @Educationchat: How many Y6 classes have a well used role play area? Not even considering asking Secondary teachers... #sad 20:25 #ukedchat #ukedchat most struggle with the need to develop atmosphere and character - want to be event driven - house of usher opening good 20:25 to focus @LeeDonaghy Surely you are!!? Connecting with imagination may 20:25 help unlock a child's passion -History included. #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: #ukedchat Creativity might best be served by#grammar teaching - students need to know rules before 20:25 breaking them Difficult to see how teachers who never write can really engage 20:26 with children as writers. #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations 20:26 @JCBarrington I find ideas flow and it helps with syntax #ukedchat RT @Educationchat: You ask them questions. It's surprisingly easy 20:26 to fire an underused imagination! #ukedchat >For all pupils? #ukedchat I know some see it as wrong but this is why I authorise 20:26 holidays-often greater adventures than we can provide! Looking for enterprise resources for enterprise week? @ExpoChefTeam can offer events and more... Check out the 20:26 website #ukedchat Check out 826 Valncia project making impact in the US. "Imagination shops" & 1-1 tutors. Lessons for schools? 20:26 http://t.co/MUn0SNmD #ukedchat @slbeducation #ukedchat We always make it a 'real' experience, so 20:26 has true purpose. @ukedchat Yes. Many teachers are uncomfortable with their own 20:26 grammar knowledge and this is passed on to students Appreciate your RTs :) @taffwatts @kentwallen @elenischool @wkingbg @jmanninen @ariadne09 @ukedchat @peoplegogy 20:26 @rellypops @kirstiengelien #ukedchat don't think tonight's chat is just about English! Isn't writing a huge way to communicate?! Don't we communicate in all 20:26 subjects?! #ukedchat In light of new Ofsted framework with focus on literacy and Ofqual's announcement about 5% SPG mark (cont) 20:27 http://t.co/tpgus3in @MattFothergill I have! #ukedchat Worked really well.....kids loved 20:27 it. Did it for an interview lesson once too. @chrisrat I find so many of my class struggle to write well due to grammar. We have weekly lessons... enough?! Maybe not. 20:27 #ukedchat #ukedchat use interactive fiction such as #Quest to promote creativity, descriptive writing etc www.textadventures.co.uk @LearningSpy Also changes the tone of the discussion. Not focused on 'what you've done wrong'. #ukedchat @mybnk can you send me the link please? #ukedchat @digitalmaverick talking about crowd sourcing at #c84c and #ukedchat gets a mention @thislast Reading is MASSIVE! Sends children to other places & worlds. If they don't go out of the house reading can inspire the. #ukedchat #ukedchat invite authors into school to do workshops @missnoor28 @taffwatts @kentwallen @elenischool @wkingbg @jmanninen @ariadne09 @ukedchat @rellypops @kirstiengelien you're welcome
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Has anyone ever used The Mysteries of Harris Burdick to prompt 20:27 creative writing? http://t.co/LNIvbTA1 #ukedchat RT @ikeontoast: @wildblu: #ukedchat Blogging certainly improves/increases creativity and fosters anticipation in receiving 20:27 feedback>>AMEN Taking children outside the classroom regularly promotes imagination, outside does not mean outdoor, had good lessons in 20:27 corridors #ukedchat RT @ukedchat: RT @LearningSpy: #ukedchat Creativity might best be served by#grammar teaching - students need to know rules 20:27 before breaking them RT @Educationchat: Wonder how many Y6 classes have a well used role play area? #ukedchat <- Why roleplay when SATs sap the 20:27 creativity? #sad #ukedchat tin tin look at where he's travelled research non explored areas and create a script. Submit to developers. Aim big! RT @mrpeel: pictures work - even weird ones #ukedchat http://t.co/5CI694MR RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat invite authors into school to do workshops >Expense? SKYPE! #ukedchat www.nickbriscoe.co.uk is an amazingly inspirational chap who helped fire our infants imaginations! Recommend whole heartedly! @ukedchat lots of approaches work well - visual stimuli always good. Modelling successful wrtg techniques. Writing partners 4 less confident #ukedchat using #SOLOtaxonomy can help structure writing http://t.co/Y5RMUOdm A class book is a must. It's not just getting chn to read more, it's sharing reading experiences with them & bringing a book alive #ukedchat
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RT @Primary_Ed: How we can teach imagination and creativity 20:28 http://t.co/vbj6YhIJ please share your ideas here #ukedchat I used images & sound bites to spark imagination of y6 when writing their own lonely island stories.Multi sensory worked 20:28 wonders! #ukedchat #ukedchat give the children 6 random pictures and ask them to 20:28 write a story, setting or character using them. Not enough time in school for children to write at length, grappling over several lessons with the construction of a long story. 20:28 #ukedchat RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat invite authors into school to do 20:28 workshops >Expense? @MrAColley Yes. But good proofreading skills and self assessment 20:28 must focus on what's wrong too #ukedchat 20:28 Meant outside does not always mean outdoor #ukedchat #ukedchat which authors? suggesations based on experience 20:28 GPTaylor excellent...
#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations #ukedchat students work published in poetry book every year a 20:28 great motivator and pride piece to built upon How do Forest Schools help the writing process? Just curious really 20:28 #ukedchat #ukedchat great example of imaginative writing on site. Photos of a 20:28 3D storyboard in Lego with accompanying story. RT @MrAColley: @LearningSpy Like that approach! "Explain which 20:28 rules you've chosen to break here"! #ukedchat RT @geraldhaigh1: Difficult to see how teachers who never write can really engage with children as writers. #ukedchat >Discuss all of 20:28 u pls #ukedchat This is a great resource that I have used for developing 20:29 story ideas and discussions, http://t.co/zfjEy3Sk Do children freeze if they think they have to write whereas if they 20:29 are doing history it is easier? #ukedchat #ukedchat writing should be about audience and purpose - a real 20:29 reason and something that captures their imagination RT @geraldhaigh1: Difficult to see how teachers who never write 20:29 can really engage with children as writers. #ukedchat @Primary_Ed We don't need to teach imagination & creativity - we 20:29 just need to stop knocking it out of kids! #ukedchat #ukedchat How do you find the writers who'll come into school and 20:29 not charge excessively? The other thing is sharing lots of writing and reasoning language choices. Great for them to see a grown up doing this often 20:29 #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: #ukedchat In light of new Ofsted framework with focus on literacy and Ofqual's announcement about 5% SPG mark (cont) http://t.co/tpgus3in #ukedchat There are lots of ways to put role play in the Y6 curriculum in almost every subject area. Halfway through tonight's #ukedchat on imaginative writing with @theheadsoffice - don't forget the hashtag! Everyone draws a picture, pass picture on so another student adds verbs & adjectives, pass on again as basis for creative writing #ukedchat #ukedchat 'Tools' have a use but unless chn can empathise and dig deep is that use limited? #ukedchat Used this Youtube as starter http://t.co/zrrNzSlX then http://t.co/puGn7NtK Ss loved it http://t.co/4w5l055O RT @TinyAcorns: #ukedchat writing should be about audience and purpose - a real reason and something that captures their imagination Try Folding Story http://t.co/NBzJXLdP Thanks to @KristianStill for sharing link with me #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @TheHeadsOffice @johnsayers can link up with other schools to 20:30 share cost? #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat invite authors into school to do workshops >Expense? they don't always 20:30 charge @geraldhaigh1 I find that I'm driven to be more creative in my 20:30 weaker subjects such a literacy to 'catch up' as it were #ukedchat @bevevans22 @digitalmaverick glad to hear it! Hope that #c84c is 20:30 going well we're missing you at #ukedchat of course ;-) RT @missnoor28: RT @Primary_Ed: How we can teach imagination and creativity http://t.co/vbj6YhIJ please share your ideas here 20:30 #ukedchat @LearningSpy I did that today with a class! Fab! 20:30 #ukedchat@Cherise_Duxbury RT @geraldhaigh1: Difficult to see how teachers who never write 20:30 can really engage with children as writers. #ukedchat @terr1_leigh: I used images & sound bites to spark imagination of y6 when writing their own lonely island stories.<-- great idea 20:30 #ukedchat @geraldhaigh1 They only ever need to write for 45 minutes, don't 20:30 they? #ukedchat #tonguefirmlyincheek Comic writing gives some frustrated writers the chance to fully 20:30 engage and excel in imaginary writing activities. #ukedchat 20:30 @davew1968 Use SKYPE to chat to them for free! #ukedchat #ukedchat reading blogs for students linked with adjective word 20:30 mats can make for some very interesting, detailed pieces of writing RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat invite authors into school to do 20:30 workshops @MattFothergill Am thinking I might dust it off next week now :) 20:31 #ukedchat 20:31 #ukedchat RT @Heeley45: Have a look at our #http://bit.ly/aZSZrP RT @geraldhaigh1: Not enough time in school for children to write at length, grappling over several lessons with the construction of a 20:31 long story. #ukedchat #ukedchat My new book Unlocking the Writer in Every Child 20:31 (Ransom Publishing) might help . . ? 20:31 @MsKateRyan Totally agree, #ukedchat How can you promote imaginative writing beyond the classroom 20:31 walls? #ukedchat #ukedchat Students are plenty creative BUT very few understand basics like how sentences work - this restricts ways they can be 20:31 creative
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations #ukedchat exposing them to lots of different types of writing helping them to understand we can read for enjoyment and how this works... #ukedchat RT @Heeley45: We have use the text Free Fall this week to develop sentences in Yr 3. The children ha (cont) http://t.co/JD95AWkd RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat reading blogs for students linked with adjective word mats can make for some very in (cont) http://t.co/ZpM5RU7r Response:Several Ways To Teach Critical Thinking Skills by @LarryFerlazzo - http://t.co/chNbWnN2 #edtech20 #elearning #globaled11 #ukedchat @BeeBecF I have it but haven't used it for years (I only teach maths and ICT these days). Good interview lesson material tho #ukedchat Good Writers Read #ukedchat @barton1875 Can use Flickr Storm for this - allows them to find pic on Flickr for a story #ukedchat #ukedchat take them outside, find an ancient tree, a pond, a wildflower meadow, pretend to be an ant, bird or bee. Inspiration at it's best RT @_imaginaryme: A class book is a must. It's not just getting chn to read more, it's sharing reading experiences with them & bringing a book alive #ukedchat
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RT @Heatherleatt: #ukedchat visual stimuli always good. Modelling 20:32 successful wrtg techniques. Writing partners 4 less confident @JOHNSAYERS I think the comments aspect is vital - A blog without 20:32 an audience is almost word processing #ukedchat #ukedchat giving children a choice of the format they use or the 20:32 medium they use to record their writing helps RT @mrholdsworth: Taking children outside the classroom regularly promotes imagination, outside does not mean outdoor, had good 20:32 lessons in corridors #ukedchat @Mrs_NLC I say ditch grammar lessons 4modelling loads of fun,exciting writing,talking and writing their own dialogue word for 20:32 word.#ukedchat RT @MathsMummy: #ukedchat what about counting stories for 20:32 younger children so we can link writing with mathematics Surprised nobody has yet suggested inviting @timrylands to school 20:32 to promote imaginative writing #ukedchat exposure to imaginative well written stories that inspire them to use their imaginations rather than being overloaded with action? 20:32 #ukedchat 20:32 what comic strip makers would you recommend #ukedchat I still think it's down to a rich reading experience from a very young 20:32 age! More of a society problem than a school problem! #ukedchat 20:32 RT @MsKateRyan: Good Writers Read #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Creativity=imagination+risk taking. Imagination & good risk taking are dependent on experience. More experiences outdoors needed #ukedchat #ukedchat blogs and comments are absolutely essential. Live web chats recorded as well with audioboo/vocaroo can be great confidence builder #ukedchat what about counting stories for younger children so we can link writing with mathematics @davew1968 GP Taylor and Andy Briggs very reasonable & storyteller @Cavedryer is excellent ;0) #ukedchat
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@JOHNSAYERS #ukedchat http://t.co/msKOM2QB Morpungo 20:33 talking about he he writes. Used part of it. Chn loved it @LearningSpy do teachers knock it out of kids or parents.kids learn 20:33 85% of what they know at home #ukedchat #kagancooperativelearning "Teach the way brains best learn" 20:33 @T2TUK #cooplearn #ukedchat RT @deerwood: Surprised nobody has yet suggested inviting 20:33 @timrylands to school to promote imaginative writing #ukedchat Too many adults, trapped by inhibitions and doubts, fail to perceive 20:33 the creativity and freedom in what a child has to offer.#ukedchat 20:33 RT @MsKateRyan: Good Writers Read #ukedchat @Cherise_Duxbury I did a blog post a little while ago about comic 20:33 strips. #ukedchat @SusanElkinJourn Is it now published? Can you share the link 20:33 please? #ukedchat @deerwood @timrylands Already mentioned by several of us! 20:33 #ukedchat music, sound effects, paintings, photos, props, stories, poems all spark imaginative writing. Give them silence to write in. #ukedchat @Cherise_Duxbury Toondoo and especially @storybird. Awesome class features. #ukedchat @MathsMummy: #ukedchat what about counting stories for younger children so we can link writing with mathematics < you could use word count @Heatherleatt good ideas - I've retweeted so others can see (don't forget to include #ukedchat or everyone will miss out on your gems!) RT @Primary_Ed: Its all about knowing the children in your class, taking risks and giving children rich activities http://t.co/SkbovH1p #ukedchat RT @ICTwitz: I still think it's down to a rich reading experience at a young age! More of a society problem than a school problem! #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations However, I think it is important that pupils have stories shared with 20:33 them on a daily basis in primary schools. Just for fun! #ukedchat @dailydenouement #ukedchat thank you for the retweet. The text is fantastic for developing children's inference and language skills oops posted through wrong account. o_0 #ukedchat @LearningSpy Agreed. My class certainly need grammar!! #ukedchat Has anyone tried writing a Twitter story? found this was really engaging when I did it in my former school, even year 11 loved it #ukedchat @ukedchat Supervised a nice dissertation last year where pupils used mind mapping for writing then teacher introduced stimulus and ... @davidhunter Students arrive at school with genious levels of divergent thinking and lose it by 12/13 #ukedchat RT @SusanElkinJourn: #ukedchat Reading aloud to classes is an important way of stimulating interest in writing. Not done enough now.
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20:34 #ukedchat agree grammar is vital, but not at first if it stifles writing @ukedchat 'Real' activities, oh yes, improve writing with no 20:34 question. Got to be sure that we're developing creative students, not just 20:34 teaching creatively. There's an important distinction #ukedchat Students pick a page of their favourite book, study the sentence structures and use them as models in their own writing. #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice @ICTwitz I think it's broad life experiences rather than just reading #ukedchat RT @bevevans22: @digitalmaverick talking about crowd sourcing at #c84c and #ukedchat gets a mention @deerwood @timrylands can't be in everywhere. How can we support teachers to be imaginative if they are nervous of it? #ukedchat RT @geraldhaigh1: Too many adults, trapped by inhibitions and doubts, fail to perceive the creativity and freedom in what a child has to offer.#ukedchat
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@LearningSpy @theheadsoffice got 2 coming in as focussed brain 20:34 storm and to give students a chapter to include in book! #ukedchat RT @davidhunter: @Mrs_NLC I say ditch grammar lessons 4modelling loads of fun, writing, #ukedchat NO! Sounds like 70s! 20:34 They NEED grammar @moses_brian Brian, you might want to get involved in the 20:34 #ukedchat twitter discussion. It's all about creativity in writing.
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @davew1968 we've looked at #live #webcasts recently joined in 20:34 with #Quentin Blake and #Jeff Kinney has one beg Dec #ukedchat #ukedchat am angry we lost dedicated reading hour in yr8 this year vital that they read and engage if they are going to write RT @MissionExplore: Creativity=imagination+risk taking. Imagination & good risk taking are dependent on experience. More experiences outdoors needed #ukedchat #ukedchat Reading aloud to classes is an important way of stimulating interest in writing. Not done enough now. #ukedchat students @hamptonacademy help us run our website. We have reports written by students from all year groups. @HamptonEnglish. @ukedchat chn returned to mind map with a new colour. This allowed teacher to see how stimuli developed new ideas. Stimulus could be ...
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@geraldhaigh1 I couldn't agree more dear. I know for a very fact 20:35 that my teachers had never written any bestsellers. #ukedchat major technology fail with tweetdeck. only getting part of the 20:35 #ukedchat conversation:-( Get outside and feel the wind in your hair leaves underfoot. Real experiences-forest schools for writing. #ukedchat Yes, teachers esp English teachers should write.(cf PE teachers playing games, music teachers making music, art teachers painting) #ukedchat #ukedchat model writing in front of pupils and get them to help you construct it without realising (get stuck on words, next event etc) My handwriting held me back most in my creative writing.Esp in exams. I worried more about forming letters than the story. #ukedchat
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Thank you for the RTs on, Can we teach imagination and creativity 20:35 to children? http://t.co/SkbovH1p #ukedchat #edchat #ukedchat @JCBarrington @davidhunter I agree. Primary shd read stories daily in animated voices to cultivate interest & ask chn 2 20:35 cont story @ukedchat 'Real' activities, oh yes, improve writing with no 20:35 question. #ukedchat A child who writes is not 'learning to write'. A child who draws is 20:35 not 'learning to draw'. The child is a writer, is an artist. #ukedchat RT @geraldhaigh1: Too many adults, trapped by inhibitions and doubts, fail to perceive the creativity and freedom in what a child 20:35 has to offer.#ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @SusanElkinJourn: #ukedchat Reading aloud to classes is an important way of stimulating interest in writing. Not done enough 20:35 now. RT @normal_for_jp: Get outside and feel the wind in your hair leaves underfoot. Real experiences-forest schools for writing. 20:36 #ukedchat @LibWithAttitude Royal Shakespeare Company led a project 'Such 20:36 Tweet Sorrow' doing just that last year. #ukedchat 20:36 @ukedchat I forgot plus ran out of characters! Long day... the process of thinking creatively and laterally can sometimes be 20:36 modelled / demonstrated to children in writing #ukedchat 20:36 @evlury Explain please. Sounds intriguing! #ukedchat 20:36 @ukedchat ...photos, video, artefacts, maps, factfiles etc. Have no issue writing at all now. Did a journalism degree! 20:36 computers made a huge difference to me #ukedchat RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat blogs and comments are absolutely essential. Live web chats recorded as well with audioboo/vocaroo 20:36 can be great confidence builder Build and develop skills. Week 1: 50 word stories. Week 2: 100 word stories. Week three 200 words (etc...) Make every word count 20:36 #ukedchat @gsussex Absolutely, but that early connection needs to be 20:36 established #ukedchat @Cherise_Duxbury: what comic strip makers would you recommend #ukedchat We use Comic Life with great results RT @mrpeel: #ukedchat agree grammar is vital, but not at first if it stifles writing @davidhunter @Mrs_NLC I'm appalled at the idea of ditching grammar - that's the entire problem with students writing. Fun's easy#ukedchat #ukedchat exam creative writing is ghastly pressure stifles creativity and the choices are dull RT @ukedchat: Has anyone used geocaching to promote imaginative writing? #ukedchat Have we got time in the timetable to support / teach creativity? #ukedchat
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#ukedchat does the idea / topic 'literacy' turn ch off? So often we 20:36 stick to uninspiring UofW which don't always promote creativity? @TheHeadsOffice the sherbet lemon game great for encouraging use of imagery and so engaging - discovered it on teachit long ago 20:36 #ukedchat RT @LibWithAttitude: Has anyone tried writing a Twitter story? found this was really engaging when I did it in my former school, 20:36 even year 11 loved it #ukedchat
#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @deerwood Surprised nobody has yet suggested inviting @timrylands to school to promote imaginative writing #ukedchat < 20:37 do that ;-) RT @TinyAcorns: #ukedchat giving children a choice of the format they use or the medium they use to record their writing helps if imaginations are to grow they need to be fed #ukedchat #ukedchat Come back, ERIC! (Everyone Reading In Class) All is forgiven. Guided reading shouldn't be their only experience of reading. @alexfinICT I am using http://t.co/1rnuIVZa Works a dream #ukedchat #ukedchat we have used storyboxes to develop the children's setting descriptions Give the pupils an exciting imaginative place to start with. I steal places like Pandora, then build on brilliance already there. #ukedchat RT @MissionExplore: Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat @deerwood @timrylands #ukedchat Schools might find that costly (esp if you teach in Scotland) He should make videos. His work is impressive Many teachers are trapped by the Framework. We just want our children to become writers- to do that, they need to write every day.#ukedchat @SusanElkinJourn Absolutely! I always write with my class and share my writing #ukedchat @LearningSpy I understand about grammar but can the fear of not getting it right stop writing? #ukedchat RT @Tutors4gcse: RT @wjputt: #addcym #ukedchat who is coming to #tmhhs2 ? If you are pls bring a friend. TM at Holywell High 2311-11 http://t.co/DA6ZgZOX @LearningSpy wasn't around then but teaching lesson by rote on spch marks to 7 yos a bad idea.incorp into context and model,good #ukedchat #ukedchat use accelerated reader programme great to get kids reading. Tests content but Link with blogging ideas/interpretation = powerful!
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teach children the skill you want them to learn, but let them apply 20:37 it into whatever content they're interested in #ukedchat @learningspy agree re grammar - vital tool without which the writing never develops - can not be left to chance. #ukedchat @ukedchat oh thanks for retweet too :) Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: Have we got time in the timetable? #ukedchat <- It should be integral to good teaching anyway, shouldn't it?
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations 20:37 @Mrs_NLC you could look at it too much! #ukedchat #ukedchat with a blog if it has a visitor counter it is HUGE! If a student sees an audience they feel valued and wanted and write:) @LibWithAttitude #ukedchat Writing interactive fiction on Twitter http://t.co/zvZnvyrP @davidhunter Rote teaching is sadly lacking in creativity! Kids love literacy teaching #ukedchat Once took a class to see Pre-Raphaelite paintings in Birmingham Gallery. Produced wonderful writing, which the gallery displayed. #ukedchat @chrisrat So you either have it, or you don't? Is it natured or nurtured in your opinion? #ukedchat RT @DeputyMitchell: Give the pupils an exciting imaginative place to start with. I steal places like Pandora, then build on brilliance already there. #ukedchat
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Use what the children are interested in to stimulate imaginations 20:38 rather than what the teacher has thought of #ukedchat @alexfinICT Use Twitter fall & use # ukedchat as the filter for the 20:38 tweets. Or use @ ukedchat website instead. RT @slbeducation: #ukedchat Come back, ERIC! (Everyone Reading In Class) All is forgiven. Guided reading shouldn't be their only 20:38 experience of reading. 20:38 @alexfinICT me too :( #ukedchat RT @slbeducation: #ukedchat Come back, ERIC! (Everyone Reading In Class) All is forgiven. Guided reading shouldn't be their only 20:38 experience of reading. @ukedchat if we are not teaching creatively with all the resources 20:38 out their plus passion then something is wrong @chrisrat I don't think so. I think it really helps them - nice to see what you've just learned correct in their writing! #ukedchat RT @MissionExplore: Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat < We agree! RT @MissionExplore: Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Nope. Kids only too happy to make mistakes. Don't care about accuracy #ukedchat Is it only an 'English teacher's' role to drive this? Do other subject areas get involved? #ukedchat @ukedchat I'm doing my masters project on how film sequences can be used to support creative writing. Anyone done anything similar?#ukedchat RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat with a blog if it has a visitor counter it is HUGE! If a student sees an audience they feel valued and wanted and write:)
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @AndreasStace: @Cherise_Duxbury: what comic strip makers would you recommend #ukedchat We use Comic Life with great results #ukedchat Is there a danger with giving too much freedom? Off task is good, but way off task is not! #ukedchat #ukedchat getting the children 2 close their eyes and imagine where they are & describe what they can see helps them 2 develop their writing @Fiona_Davis Detest framework concept. Nothing whatsoever to do with real writing #ukedchat
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#ukedchat UsIng tech really helpful - w/bs great for stimuli. 1 of my 20:39 fave programs is MS photostory - simple & fun to use and FREE! @tinyacorns #ukedchat yes but that cna be too little for them to 20:39 need to be imaginative about - I like visual stimulus @LearningSpy I hear that but it neednt be that way.I think my chn are incredibly creative thinkers-particularly when collaborating 20:39 #ukedchat #ukedchat I have quiet reading 3 times a week, and treat books as 20:39 fun things to use. RT @MissionExplore: Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way 20:39 for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat RT @gsussex: #ukedchat if we are not teaching creatively with all 20:39 the resources out their plus passion then something is wrong @MissionExplore: Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way 20:39 for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat agreed! #ukedchat two picture books - The Mysteries of Harris Burdik and 20:39 the Arrival. Great for sparking off talk for writing and drama! #ukedchat Is anyone thinking that kids, espec. in Secondary, are reluctant writers because they know they will get a mark at the end 20:40 of it. #ukedchat Unsure 'teaching' grammar explicitly is useful, esp in Primary. Talk is key: model constructions, children imitate then 20:40 innovate. I think creativity is about having a starting point, maybe an aim, 20:40 possibly some tools... and no clear destination. #ukedchat RT @Primary_Ed: Thank you for the RTs on, Can we teach imagination and creativity to children? http://t.co/SkbovH1p 20:40 #ukedchat #edchat 20:40 @KV80 Both! #ukedchat RT @theotheralig: #ukedchat I have quiet reading 3 times a week, 20:40 and treat books as fun things to use. @TheHeadsOffice @deerwood isn't that what publishers (and other 20:40 media channels) are for? Get an idea, spread it... #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Project Based Learning: Explained. #pbl #edtech20 #ukedchat #elemchat #tlchat #cpchat #eltchat #globaled11 #e2conf http://t.co/9Fq4H9Wc RT @MissionExplore: Allowing pupils to 'go off task' is a great way for creativity to flourish! #ukedchat @ukedchat @gsussex :) being limited to 140 characters is a useful way of encouraging creative and effective communication hitting exactly 140 isn't easy #ukedchat RT @mrpeel: @learningspy agree re grammar - vital tool without which the writing never develops - can not be left to chance. #ukedchat Crucially, teachers have to let go and allow chn to go with their own ideas and what media they want to present them. #ukedchat #ukedchat Without something to draw on even the most grammatically correct writing lacks spark #ukedchat link viewer counter with positive comments and you've a recipe for success. Even a Map is huge showing visitors location. QUADBLOG #ukedchat We dedicate 30 minutes every morning to 'silent'/individual reading. Children lose themselves in books and our results improving. RT @theotheralig: #ukedchat I have quiet reading 3 times a week, and treat books as fun things to use. @ukedchat if there is not creativity across all subjects it's time to review the cuuriculum
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@BeccaGlenny Were the Comenius teachers friendly today - I only 20:40 met the people from Poland? (reply after ukedchat ends) @davidhunter Exactly, so no need to teach it - it's natural. Knowledge of grammar isn't - needs to be practiced #ukedchat there is a place for creative thinking in every area of the curriculum @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: If reading is a great tool how do we support older non-readers? #ukedchat RT @SimonBainbridge: Writing and blogging go hand in hand, building creativity. #UKedchat @TheHeadsOffice the world is bigger than the class room, show them that! #ukedchat RT @BeccaGlenny: if imaginations are to grow they need to be fed #ukedchat RT @JCBarrington:Off task is good, but way off task is not! #ukedchat <Not good for them or for you? Anyone suggested using a foreign language to promote creative writing? #ukedchat RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat link viewer counter with positive comments and you've a recipe for success. Even a Map is huge showing visitors location. QUADBLOG
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations If reading is a great tool how do we support older non-readers? 20:41 #ukedchat Show examples of writing that are relevant to them; nothing like a 20:41 good quality rap verse to get my students inspired #ukedchat Writing and blogging go hand in hand, building creativity. 20:41 #UKedchat #ukedchat we are going to use another text by David Wiesner tommorow called Tuesday.I lv picture books with no text the 20:41 children experiment RT @wjputt: #addcym #ukedchat Goiing 2 #tmhhs2 ? If U R pls 20:41 bring a friend & RT ths. TM at Holywell HS on 23-11-11 bit.ly/tB4Zqa @LearningSpy I don't think you understand my point.sitting primary 20:41 sch chn down to grammar less does not stimulate them.#ukedchat @jimjudges can't beleive it would have helped Hardy #ukedchat 20:41 need time and space to develop atmosphere/setting I agree with @evlury - the Sherbert Lemon game is great for 20:42 description: look, feel, hear, smell, taste! #ukedchat @kennypieper That's why having them put their work on blogs for 20:42 comments is gr8! #ukedchat #ukedchat immerse the children in the right text, give them the 20:42 right stimulus and the writing will come naturally! @TheHeadsOffice By finding what they are interested in & resourcing library appropriately - graphic novels, non fiction etc 20:42 #ukedchat 20:42 @SimonBainbridge Blogging is wrting. #ukedchat #ukedchat I try to buy a new book that is hot off the press and bring it in especially to read. I love books so i try and pass this on #ukedchat To be a good writer one must be a good reader. Access to good writing is all...don't think any grammar lesson will help without it #ukedchat Most effective creative writing my classes ever produced was based on a photo. Give image, write from POV inside. Year 8 pieces... #ukedchat I remember writing some "brilliant" stories when i was a child. I wish I could read them now to se (cont) http://t.co/p5jc1Vz7
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@jimjudges #ukedchat Totally agree. Children enjoy the challenge 20:42 and focus on conveying key info. I love a 140 character tweet too! @TheHeadsOffice Some of us remember "Language for Life", the Bullock Report of 1975. "Every teacher is a teacher of English" 20:42 #ukedchat @JOHNSAYERS #ukedchat i have added a map to my blog and it 20:42 inspires me!! so would certainly work for pupils
#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @deerwood: Anyone suggested using a foreign language to 20:42 promote creative writing? #ukedchat @davidhunter I understand only too well - just fundamentally disagree. Make them stand & run around up for grammar! 20:42 #ukedchat @LearningSpy contextualising,modelling,playing with words does.teach them to speak properly early on and the grammar will 20:42 follow #ukedchat @jimjudges Have you seen the Twitter Key project via 20:42 @porridgebrain That's just 140 characters #ukedchat RT @SimonBainbridge: Writing and blogging go hand in hand, 20:42 building creativity. #UKedchat CULTIVATING CREATIVITY AND ENRICHING THE HUMAN CAPACITY 20:42 @ukedchat http://t.co/5NKGCbxm @Fiona_Davis I think that's so valuable. Nice to hear it's not been 20:43 phased out in every school! #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: @kennypieper That's why having them put 20:43 their work on blogs for comments is gr8! #ukedchat Hope the new National Curriculum allows for creativity and 20:43 imagination. #ukedchat #notoptimistic @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat not sure about idea of 'teaching' creativity- all pupils have it just have to find it and have confidence 20:43 with it? @geraldhaigh1 Hee, hee! I wonder if teachers feel that way now! 20:43 #ukedchat 20:43 @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat Totally agree. Removes the barriers @TheHeadsOffice @SusanElkinJourn not sure that's the case.In every school I've been into since sept,books've been read to classes 20:43 #ukedchat got good responses to this one recently in yr 9 developed into a 20:43 story telling circle #ukedchat http://t.co/29qV46jK @TheHeadsOffice It's the duty of all teachers to teach literacy 20:43 across the curriculum #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: If reading is a great tool how do we support 20:43 older non-readers? #ukedchat Teachers need to model creativity, paint, write, complete Maths 20:43 investigations with the class. #ukedchat @geraldhaigh1 @TheHeadsOffice "Language across the curriculum" 20:43 too #ukedchat 20:43 @SusanElkinJourn I totally agree. #ukedchat Encouraging creativity within pupils by letting them explore ideas, 20:43 give them time and allow full imagination? #ukedchat We are trying reading with dogs next term. Any experience? 20:43 #ukedchat @LearningSpy maybe were at crossed purposes here & perception 20:43 of what a grammar less is is different #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @MrAColley Didn't think about that. Are lesson objectives not 20:43 there for a reason though? #ukedchat 20:43 @Heeley45 #ukedchat Tuesday is so fantastic! RT @Fiona_Davis: #ukedchat We dedicate 30 minutes every morning to 'silent'/individual reading. Children lose themselves in 20:43 books and our results improving. RT @LawrenceBham: @TheHeadsOffice the world is bigger than the 20:43 class room, show them that! #ukedchat #ukedchat ... based on war photos heartbreaking and wonderful. Gave confidence by telling them NOT marking for spelling or 20:43 punctuation. RT @geraldhaigh1: @TheHeadsOffice Some of us remember "Language for Life", the Bullock Report of 1975. "Every teacher is a 20:43 teacher of English" #ukedchat #mindmeister with best #edtech20 tools in 2011 http://t.co/sUKwUMvO #socialmedia #edchat #elemchat #tlchat 20:43 #ukedchat #e2conf #globaled11 @davidhunter No it won't. It's a set of rules which must be acquired 20:43 & practiced especially for less able writers #ukedchat RT @normal_for_jp: We are trying reading with dogs next term. 20:44 Any experience? #ukedchat www.missionexplore.net has lots of ideas for students to be creative and it gets juices flowing. My students live writing about it 20:44 #ukedchat #ukedchat my class LOVE the Highwayman. Drama, love, blood, death the works. My difficult boys are most engaged! RT @JamesTheo: I agree with @evlury - Sherbert Lemon game is great for description: look, feel, hear, smell, taste! #ukedchat>I get it now! @JCBarrington Yeah, but that doesn't mean you can't throw them out if it means better learning. Plenary about how we deviated! #ukedchat @LearningSpy @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat How do we define literacy? RT @normal_for_jp: Get outside and feel the wind in your hair leaves underfoot. Real experiences-forest schools for writing. #ukedchat
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RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @LawrenceBham: @TheHeadsOffice the 20:44 world is bigger than the class room, show them that! #ukedchat @davidhunter Grammar is knowledge about sentence structure 20:44 and punctuation etc. Rote learning is for losers. #ukedchat #ukedchat Find so many students blocked by spelling/punc anxiety. 20:44 So removed it. That's why @NaNoWriMoYWP works SO well. A NEW CONCEPTION OF HUMAN ECOLOGY http://t.co/UgkLiMgn 20:44 @ukedchat http://t.co/mRzZ7egu
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations 20:44 @MissionExplore 'No clear destination' #ukedchat <-- I love it! @LibWithAttitude agreed, can be used as a starter, group, whole 20:44 class or whatever suits #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: @TheHeadsOffice It's the duty of all teachers to 20:44 teach literacy across the curriculum #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: @TheHeadsOffice It's the duty of all teachers to 20:44 teach literacy across the curriculum #ukedchat if you as a Teacher shows your PASSION for reading, you WILL 20:45 inspire even the non-readers #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: @TheHeadsOffice It's the duty of all teachers to 20:45 teach literacy across the curriculum #ukedchat>Do they know that? RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @normal_for_jp: We are trying reading 20:45 with dogs next term. Any experience? #ukedchat @kennypieper #ukedchat Give them diff audience for their writing not teacher Write to favourite author, create play scripts 4 younger 20:45 class #ukedchat The Wedding Ghost by Leon Garfield! My year 6 could 20:45 not get enough! Their writing was incredible! @kennypieper kids are much more reluctant with reading - they 20:45 tend to much prefer writing #ukedchat RT @mrholdsworth: Teachers need to model creativity, paint, write, complete Maths investigations #ukedchat>Agree.will that 20:45 scare teachers? RT @kennypieper: #ukedchat To be a good writer one must be a good reader. Access to good writing is all...don't think any grammar 20:45 lesson will help without it My int collaborative writing project, Write Path works so well & I always say that the students shouldn't worry abt spelling etc 20:45 #ukedchat RT @stormfilled: #ukedchat Find so many students blocked by spelling/punc anxiety. So removed it. That's why 20:45 @NaNoWriMoYWP works SO well. Reading isn't always about books! Magazines comics diaries.. Be a private investigator use evidence etc #ukedchat non-readers: give them comic books to start with - get them into reading Asterix @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice How about giving them a camera to go outside of the classroom? The pupils could explain the photo & write a story #ukedchat @SusanElkinJourn #ukedchat Is blogging writing? Blogging is just hitting the keyboard with little thought. When writing, you think more!
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @KV80 @TheHeadsOffice Creativity isn't a teachable subject. It's an 20:45 approach which underpins thinking. #ukedchat @kennypieper Ofsted define as reading, writing and speaking & 20:45 listening #ukedchat 20:45 #ukedchat @BobToms100 how does twitterfall work??!! @vicksytoria1 It does! My own chln all say they hate 20:45 'English/literacy' - but in reality always reading avidly! #ukedchat @ICTwitz Rubbish! I write three paid for blogs for The Stage 20:46 newspaper evey week & can assure you I think v hard. #ukedchat RT @grumpysheepy: @vicksytoria1 It does! My own chln all say they hate 'English/literacy' - but in reality always reading avidly! 20:46 #ukedchat @kennypieper To be a skilled writer you need to understand the rules. After that you can toss 'em #ukedchat RT @JOHNSAYERS: www.missionexplore.net has lots of ideas for students to be creative and it gets juices flowing. My students live writing about it #ukedchat @MrAColley That's a very good point. I haven't come across that yet - perhaps I need to be more flexible? #ukedchat @ukedchat support older non-readers with quality texts they have interest in & at a level they can read. Don't stop them if always1 topic Make writing fun: Rap Simile Activity http://t.co/ZnLAajlh @flocabulary #ukedchat
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@TheHeadsOffice Read quality fiction in class. Try to encourage 20:46 nonfiction reading around their interests. #ukedchat @slbeducation We have T.As specifically for reading as well. Poorer 20:46 readers read to an adult at school each day. #ukedchat RETHINK AND EDUCATE WHOLE BEING CONTRIBUTING BEYOND 20:46 THE SELF http://t.co/UgkLiMgn @ukedchat http://t.co/YhaeynTR They only have an hour to write continuations to story started by 20:46 pub author so is exciting http://t.co/Sk5F85FF #ukedchat 20:46 We need to keep in mind the hand-writing process #ukedchat @ICTwitz Imo it's natural to have an imagination & want to tell stories. Only artificial rules and constructs constrict writing 20:46 #ukedchat RT @deerwood Surprised nobody has yet suggested inviting @timrylands to school to promote imaginative writing #ukedchat 20:46 do that ;-)...agree
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations #ukedchat reward their efforts too - make the writing experience as fun as it can be, BUT prepare them well to do it... @ajcorrigan @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat You seen Machinarium? @InanimateAlice ? The best imaginative prompts around in my experience RT @TheHeadsOffice: Great resources for Road Safety Week - Too Young To Die http://t.co/SpdlCY65 #ukedchat RT @LibWithAttitude: My int collaborative writing project, Write Path works so well & I always say that the students shouldn't worry abt spelling etc #ukedchat RT @TinyAcorns: #ukedchat writing should be about audience and purpose - a real reason and something that captures their imagination RT @slbeducation: @TheHeadsOffice Read quality fiction in class. Try to encourage nonfiction reading around their interests. #ukedchat Benefits of class blogging to promote creativity http://t.co/SkbovH1p #ukedchat #edteach #edtech @NaNoWriMoYWP don't know if you're online at the moment but you might like to chime in on #ukedchat! Focusing on writing this week. @LearningSpy a subtext to my lesson today was using a ? focus was being persuasive.I taught grammar/punct but not a grammar lesson #ukedchat Totally agree!!!"@JamesTheo: I agree with @evlury - Sherbert Lemon game is great for description: look, feel, hear,smell, taste! #ukedchat " #ukedchat Use real examples of previous work to pull out success criteria-brings out the hidden competitive side to do better-esp boys RT @LawrenceBham: How about giving them a camera to go outside of the classroom? Pupils cld explain the photo & write story #ukedchat >Fab! @alexfinICT Go to the website. Put in #ukedchat as your filters. Watch the tweets fall from top you to read. You can pause feed at any time
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RT @teacherofy5: if you as a Teacher shows your PASSION for 20:47 reading, you WILL inspire even the non-readers #ukedchat @TinyAcorns and it will be a different interest for each one! Great! 20:47 #ukedchat RT @HannahSheltonTT: Encouraging creativity within pupils by letting them explore ideas, give them time and allow full 20:47 imagination? #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: @kennypieper To be a skilled writer you need to 20:47 understand the rules. After that you can toss 'em #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @kennypieper Depends what u mean by a "mark". Targets and pointing out good features is encouraging. We don't level every piece.#ukedchat get non-readers to use software or websites like 'ToonDoo' #ukedchat @slbeducation not found that myself but maybe a choice within a limited range might help #ukedchat @chrisrat Yeah, definitely! I wonder if teaching 'text types' hinders creativity.... #ukedchat @grumpysheepy so true they groan at literacy! #ukedchat
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@LearningSpy #ukedchat I'm not convinced that I, consciously, 20:48 understand the rules. D'you think kids need to? @TheHeadsOffice sherbet lemon on desk,can only look, thenwrite description,touch,write,smell etc, encourage similes etc along 20:48 way#ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: @TheHeadsOffice It's the duty of all teachers to 20:48 teach literacy across the curriculum #ukedchat @SusanElkinJourn Excellent. That's what we need to teach pupils. 20:48 They have grown up in digital age ;-) #ukedchat @NooPuddles323 Opening sequences of Saving Private Ryan and 28 Days Later (with a bit of editing) are great for writing stimuli. 20:48 #ukedchat @slbeducation Precisely. Have you seen kung fu punctuation? 20:48 #ukedchat RT @Educationchat Hope the new National Curriculum allows for 20:48 creativity and imagination. #ukedchat #notoptimistic <-- hear hear Is anyone doing #nanowrimo with pupils? I'm doing the grown up 20:48 version and it's fun! #ukedchat @LearningSpy @TheHeadsOffice Agree about literacy across the curriculum. We're ALL teachers of English.#ukedchat RT @dailydenouement: #ukedchat RT @Heeley45: Have a look at our #http://bit.ly/aZSZrP @TheHeadsOffice @mrholdsworth Modelling is crucial if the children are to understand and feel confident about what they're doing #ukedchat #ukedchat ... Use 10 point Teaching Sequence for writing. Done well it bridges gap from dependence to independence. Confidence builder. @davidhunter @LearningSpy I don't agree! It depends how you teach it. It's not hard to make grammar fun. #ukedchat @davidhunter Great. You were teaching grammar. No one is advocating discrete lessons are they? #ukedchat @slbeducation Quality non-fiction is important too, encourage children to seek out good books. #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations We need to provide opportunities to unleash the HERO within 20:48 http://t.co/UgkLiMgn @ukedchat http://t.co/Hv16Sy6z @geraldhaigh1 Agree entirely. Have you looked at @NaNoWriMoYWP? Brilliant workbooks on planning longer writing. 20:49 Fab resources. #ukedchat RT @slbeducation: @davidhunter @LearningSpy I don't agree! It's 20:49 not hard to make grammar fun. #ukedchat >Kung Foo? you could use animation such as GoAnimate to encourage creativity. Get them to produce a storyboard or script. #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice @LearningSpy Duty of all teachers teach literacy across curriculum #ukedchat >Do they know that? >>Ensure chn know it too @kennypieper Able writers have instinctive grasp - vital for the less able otherwise they have no idea how to construct sentences #ukedchat @hilldwellertom1 I've always found teaching grammar v useful. Kids tend to enjoy it too - they're interested in their language. #ukedchat @LearningSpy @davidhunter Gove loves rote learning... #QED? #ukedchat RT @Heatherleatt: #ukedchat ... Use 10 point Teaching Sequence for writing. Done well it bridges gap from dependence to independence. Confidence builder. Problems are essential for creativity. #ukedchat Anyone tried a cross curricular approach involving all staff with a weekly focus? #ukedchat
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RT @ukedchat: Is anyone doing #nanowrimo with pupils? I'm doing 20:49 the grown up version and it's fun! #ukedchat < excellent idea Could use one word site as a lesson starter http://t.co/HTgyCw84 20:49 and piclits great for poetry writing www.piclits.com #ukedchat @JCBarrington Just do what's best for learning - have you read any 20:49 of Ian Gilbert's or Guy Claxton's stuff? #ukedchat RT @mrholdsworth: @slbeducation Quality non-fiction is important 20:49 too, encourage children to seek out good books. #ukedchat @Fiona_Davis @TheHeadsOffice @mrholdsworth Is confidence key 20:49 to creativity? I think so #ukedchat RT @chrisrat: RT @Educationchat Hope the new National Curriculum allows for creativity and imagination. #ukedchat 20:49 #notoptimistic <-- hear hear Has anyone tried playing classical up beat music softly while they 20:49 write? It has an effect on us all. #ukedchat @LearningSpy yes yes definitely my chn develop an awareness 20:49 through talk,books and my modelling #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Just ten minutes left of our #ukedchat on imaginative writing - time to share any great ideas you've not had a chance to air yet! @theTREASUREtree We used to have a nice scented candle too! #ukedchat #ukedchat "Teachers need to model creativity, paint, write, complete Maths investigations" if frightens teachers, where have they been?! Great #ukedchat ideas tonight... Lots of people 'get' how to inspire writing.
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#ukedchat how many have tried twitter collaborative writing and 20:50 spot think and write with time limit. See the random creation? RT @Heatherleatt: @LearningSpy @theheadsoffice #ukedchat. Totally agree. Few sec schools do it well. Big mistake to see it as job 20:50 of English Dept only. @JCBarrington @Fiona_Davis @TheHeadsOffice Definitely. Confidence comes through a safe environment where risk taking is 20:50 promoted. #ukedchat @vickytoria1 #ukedchat Literature circles engage boys with reading and helps to develop sustinence. Again, teachers need to be hands20:50 off. RT @teacherofy5: if you as a Teacher shows your PASSION for 20:50 reading, you WILL inspire even the non-readers #ukedchat Yep, we're doing #NaNoWriMo. Our group have written 41,890 20:50 words so far! Whoop! #ukedchat @LearningSpy @theheadsoffice #ukedchat. Totally agree. Few sec schools do it well. Big mistake to see it as job of English Dept only. Writing is a complex process. It's not just down to creativity or imagination. Handwriting, grammar, spelling: all important too. #ukedchat #ukedchat @timrylands came in last year and yr 8 stopped doing maths and wanted to write Only 9 minutes remaining for #ukedchat this week
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20:51 @davidhunter Even then it doesn't have to be dull. #ukedchat #ukedchat try word association game (mallets mallet without mallet) to generate class wordbank then use it 4 writing-state min 20:51 wds 2 use etc RT @dailydenouement: Yep, we're doing #NaNoWriMo. Our group 20:51 have written 41,890 words so far! Whoop! #ukedchat >Excellent! Storycubes are a great way to inspire chn http://t.co/TjtUob8l & now have 'actions' cubes too. Love the app for it too @storycubes 20:51 #ukedchat #ukedchat Make writing a special occasion! A few (safe!) candles 20:51 and a good squirt of brain mist can work wonders!
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @mrholdsworth: Teachers need to model creativity, paint, write, complete Maths investigations #ukedchat>Agree.will that scare teachers? RT @JOHNSAYERS: Google documents. Get students to write about a topic or theme link it to other students work and suddenly a mass creation #ukedchat @LearningSpy Yes, kung fu punctuation's great. Kids love playing with words and you can easily work in grammar that way. #ukedchat @chrisrat #ukedchat or fear? Only MFL teachers really seem to understand how to do it properly Bringing the outside world into the classroom using twitter http://t.co/SkbovH1p #ukedchat #edteach #edtech @dailydenouement Mwahaha, got you beat! We're on 546,998 :D #ukedchat
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@ukedchat I agree with teachers modelling creativity. Has anyone 20:51 said the power/opportunity of assemblies to stimulate creativity? I think it's important to not limit creative writing to story writing. 20:51 Kids focus too much on narrative. Description is key! #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @LawrenceBham: @TheHeadsOffice the 20:51 world is bigger than the class room, show them that! #ukedchat 20:51 @LearningSpy #ukedchat Yes, I would agree with you Google documents. Get students to write about a topic or theme link it to other students work and suddenly a mass creation 20:51 #ukedchat @LearningSpy haha that's where all this started.someone said they 20:51 teach one grammar lesson a week #ukedchat We have dedicated lessons on a 'communication with others' and a creativity strand that all pastoral tutors teach to their 20:52 class.#ukedchat RT @MissionExplore: Creativity=imagination+risk taking. Imagination & good risk taking are dependent on experience. More 20:52 experiences outdoors needed #ukedchat @slbeducation #ukedchat Agree they're interested in language, esp if teacher is 2! Large proportion struggle to remember & apply rules 20:52 tho! RT @NooPuddles323: Important to not limit creative writing to story writing. Kids focus too much on narrative. Description is key! 20:52 #ukedchat RT @wildschools: #ukedchat take them outside, find an ancient tree, a pond, a wildflower meadow, pretend to be an ant, bird or 20:52 bee. Inspiration at it's best #ukedchat writing all about inspiration & purpose. I use Titanic for 20:52 recounts persuasion description letters newspapers. They love it! #ukedchat Has anyone else looked at Blackout poetry? Brill 20:52 technique by @austinkleon http://t.co/cMZiwAJk
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @gsussex great idea - can you share any practical e.g.s? don't 20:52 forget to include #ukedchat #ukedchat we read song lyrics & encourage writing, composing and 20:52 reading as groups in class to stimulate imagination Absolutely! RT @NooPuddles323 Important to not limit to story writing. Kids focus too much on narrative. Description is key! 20:52 #ukedchat @TCRoomCarousel #ukedchat I like the idea of webchats, more chance to engage and bring people into the classroom in a virtual 20:52 environment RT @normal_for_jp: Get outside and feel the wind in your hair leaves underfoot. Real experiences-forest schools for writing. 20:52 #ukedchat RT @JOHNSAYERS: #ukedchat how many have tried twitter collaborative writing & spot think and write with time limit. See the 20:52 random creation? #ukedchat We see too many children joining our school who are afraid to write because they don't want to make a mistake. It's all 20:52 wrong. RT @gsussex: #ukedchat I agree with teachers modelling creativity.Has anyone said the power of assemblies to stimulate 20:52 creativity? @noopuddles agree and see need to build description form its own sake. get away from instant gratification #ukedchat RT @BobToms100: Duty of all teachers teach literacy across curriculum #ukedchat >Do they know that? >>If they do, they're often terrified @grumpysheepy Yes, they need plenty of time to write. I remember writing for hours when I was at Junior school! We all loved it. #ukedchat How can I make conditional formatting exciting for KS3 impossible? #ukedchat #tesict
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@ukedchat @gsussex #ukedchat Drama as a cross-curricular tool!! 20:53 Not just assemblies etc Great for stimulus for writing etc etc RT @Rblteach: We have dedicated lessons on a 'communication with others' and a creativity strand that all pastoral tutors teach to 20:53 their class.#ukedchat @Primary_Ed bring the outside world in through sound recordings, 20:53 photos and real experiences #ukedchat or even better work outside #ukedchat photos of part of an object, can they describe the whole. 20:53 Photo of place they can build a story around Is there such a thing as bad writing from a child? #ukedchat 20:53 #ukedchat fun, playful, imaginative shared writing will inspire fun, playful 20:53 imaginative independent writing #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @stormfilled: #ukedchat Has anyone else looked at Blackout 20:53 poetry? Brill technique by @austinkleon http://t.co/cMZiwAJk @BobToms100 it's only showing #ukedchat tweets from people I 20:53 follow. frustrated! RT @JamesTheo: Absolutely! RT @NooPuddles323 Important to not limit to story writing. Kids focus too much on narrative. 20:53 Description is key! #ukedchat RT @Mrs_NLC @chrisrat Yeah, definitely! I wonder if teaching 'text 20:53 types' hinders creativity.... #ukedchat <-- absolutely! I cover many of the topics discussed tonight in my new book: 20:53 Unlocking the writer in Every Child (Ransom Publishing) #ukedchat teachers need to model creativity as well as modelling the technical 20:54 side of grammar etc #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Unfortunately, there is when it doesn't meet 20:54 their target level! #ukedchat 5 minutes left of #ukedchat - time to reflect - what ideas will you be 20:54 taking into the classroom following tonight's chat? @JamesTheo 28 Days later features a bit too much nakedness for ks3! not thought of saving private Ryan... V good for the boys. 20:54 #ukedchat 20:54 #ukedchatkeep forgetting #ukedchat sorry! @LearningSpy #ukedchat I've no problem with the notion off best 20:54 practice, but it should be spread with cpd etc. not through dictat @TheHeadsOffice Depends on definition of 'bad'. There's writing which is poor compared to what they're capable of... #ukedchat @NooPuddles323 #ukedchat #pluggedin I agree I like to have students write songs and make video of content and then publish online get children to read what THEY like [interests] - don't force them to read what YOU like #ukedchat #UKEdchat FerryBridge Powerstation West Yorkshire is it really Global warming or someone putting the Kettle ON>> http://t.co/0BFns9SD
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@TheHeadsOffice have done kung foo punctuation plenty. They do 20:54 like it.would be interested to know where it came from. #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: Is there such a thing as bad writing from a 20:54 child? #ukedchat #ukedchat RT @TheHeadsOffice: Is there such a thing as bad writing from a 20:54 child? #ukedchat <- When they're well below their usual standard? #penio Create Free Text Based Page& Publish In Seconds in the #cloud #edtech20 #elearning #ukedchat #globaled11 #e2conf 20:54 http://t.co/ARsmDfVx
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @gsussex: #ukedchat photos of part of an object, can they 20:54 describe the whole. Photo of place they can build a story around agree"@NooPuddles323: Important 2 not limit creative writing 2 story writing. Kids focus 2 much on narrative. Description is key! 20:54 #ukedchat" RT @BehaviourA: #ukedchat those that have SPLDs or struggle with handwriting need strucure and prompts to get them going. Joining 20:55 late, sorry if repetitive. @TinyAcorns always try to write at same time -especially in poems and so on- helps to stimulate and understand #ukedchat RT @mrpeel: many teacher not taught grammar and so on themeselves when at school #ukedchat Exactly! This should be rectified. EFL courses? @TheHeadsOffice @KV80 RT @teacherofy5: get children to read what THEY like [interests] don't force them to read what YOU like #ukedchat < same goes for writing introduce a list of fantastic books to parents - parents will appreciate it! might love you for it. #ukedchat
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@alexfinICT Hmm. Send out a tweet now with # ukedchat hash tag 20:55 & someone will come up with a link to a short guide. RT @MrAColley: there is when it doesn't meet their target level! 20:55 #ukedchat >Is that about creativity or assessment? RT @TinyAcorns: teachers need to model creativity as well as 20:55 modelling the technical side of grammar etc #ukedchat RT @teacherofy5: get children to read what THEY like [interests] don't force them to read what YOU like #ukedchat #ukedchat those that have SPLDs or struggle with handwriting need strucure and prompts to get them going. Joining late, sorry if repetitive. #ukedchat set title and challenge to come up with most unusual (but valid) interpretation of it. A few examples and they're off with that! @TheHeadsOffice Not bad writing, but sometime lazy writing! #ukedchat RT @MrIanHickman: Writing is a complex process. It's not just down to creativity or imagination. Handwriting, grammar, spelling: all important too. #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice It's about league tables. The very enemy of doing what's right by the kids. :( #ukedchat @davidhunter Can't judge without seeing it be rigour is important #ukedchat Last couple of mins. What do you want to say! #ukedchat Last year we learnt about maps, by making massive maps together using materials to understand the keys. #ukedchat http://t.co/dxD04Qew
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations Anyone ideas for using symbols for creative writing for SEN 20:56 learners? #ukedchat @MissionExplore yes can be - but not always. But I was recently surprised at how 'creative' a qualitative research project was...! 20:56 #ukedchat 20:56 @Educationchat Why not? #ukedchat #ukedchat #ukedchat Here's the Amazon link for my new book Unlocking the 20:56 Writer: http://t.co/pJ6CTkaa @LearningSpy I firmly beliebe that the route to getting good syntax from writers is through talk play and dialogue.this is 20:56 grammar.#ukedchat Just to share again the thoughts of some youngesters today about our topic http://t.co/Qhp7R0Qp #ukedchat@_imaginaryme RT @slbeducation: @hilldwellertom1 #ukedchat I've found if they have playful approach to language when young theyr more interested in rules as they get older @MrAColley Good point. We teach pupils to do well at SATs. Sad! #ukedchat @chrisrat What? You think it's acceptable for teachers to have poor literacy? Why, for heaven's sake? #ukedchat @hilldwellertom1 #ukedchat I've found if they have playful approach to language when young theyr more interested in rules as they get older RT @MissSMerrill: #ukedchat writing all about inspiration & purpose. I use Titanic for recounts persuasion description letters newspapers. They love it! My children lv the new All Star High from #RisingStars and they are putting them on their christmas list #ukedchat RT @deerwood: Anyone ideas for using symbols for creative writing for SEN learners? #ukedchat >There must b (cont) http://t.co/GyBomWZk @LearningSpy @bobtoms100 I totally buy into teaching literacy through maths #ukedchat RT @deerwood: Anyone ideas for using symbols for creative writing for SEN learners? #ukedchat @TES_SEN Brand new website @EntVill Enterprise Village (Dept for Business Innovation & Skills) 100's of free enterprise resources 4 schools #ukedchat @mrpeel me too! #ukedchat #ukedchat even apply skills-oops!
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Another set of books my son loves is Spooks by Joseph Delaney the 20:58 Year 6 love these definately a set for the classroom #ukedchat #ukedchat if after tonight's chat you feel like sharing some of your best creative writing with us then please visit 20:58 lendmeyourliteracy.org @LearningSpy #ukedchat At least SLT should encourage correction & teaching of some important elements of gramm (cont) 20:58 http://t.co/kT9M56vm
#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations 20:58 @TheHeadsOffice Now that's a can of worms #ukedchat #ukedchat RT @MissionExplore: Problems are essential for creativity." -> Deepens thinking, encourages chldn to explore diff things. 20:58 #ukedchat RT @MissSMerrill: @gsussex I like that idea. I do that alot. Teacher models the writing process. #ukedchat >Both ch & teacher can do 20:58 100WC! #ukedchat Q-is literacy the time to develop skills and the rest of the 20:58 curriculum there to develop them? #ukedchat The key to risk taking in writing is collaboration. Let them write together - takes the pressure off. 3 heads are better 20:58 than 1. My daughter's P5 class has been writing stories from the point of 20:58 view of Titanic passengers. Fascinating reading. #ukedchat @BehaviourA agree scaffolding/templates & or eg use of Thinking 20:58 Hats is needed by or helps many with structure #ukedchat @ukedchat #ukedchat we use pictures to sequence a story, talk about sentences, write them and then staff annotate for meaning 20:58 #sen @ukedchat @deerwood @tes_sen map symbol writing showing 20:58 inclusion of place in writing. Got an autistic student who loves it! Disappointed in the commercial links making way into #ukedchat 20:58 we can all find things to shout about, there's a time and a place 20:58 @reflectivemaths And I into numeracy in English #ukedchat #ukedchat Imaginative writing- storybird has lit a few fires in my 20:58 kids @gsussex I like that idea. I do that alot. Teacher models the writing 20:58 process. #ukedchat 20:59 Top tweet by @Chrisrat in #ukedchat a moment ago Prob already been mentioned but getting authors in to school invaluable - so inspiring for students & there are so many great 20:59 ones #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy: @TheHeadsOffice Now that's a can of worms 20:59 #ukedchat #ukedchat >100WC? invent song titles to reflec tkey moments in life and then try to 20:59 describe that moment in 150 words or so #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice @missdmerrill @gsussex I model writing maths 20:59 investigations on the visualiser #ukedchat Actually should mention the 30min reading carousel gets chn to really engage with their books and think creatively. Big success 20:59 #ukedchat 20:59 @davidhunter Ros of Big Writing fame #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @TheHeadsOffice: Just to share again the thoughts of some youngesters today about our topic http://t.co/Qhp7R0Qp #ukedchat@_imaginaryme #ukedchat autobiog in form of CD insert notes can be fun - plenty of description and so on RT @BobToms100: @LearningSpy #ukedchat At least SLT should encourage correction & teaching of some important elements of gramm (cont) http://t.co/kT9M56vm @ukedchat Get pupils to think about what creativity means - when they are already doing it, and when they could do even more #ukedchat
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ALL writing is good writing and should be praised. We value writing 21:00 in any language & work hard on building confidence #ukedchat I know not everyone likes him, but have only had good results with 21:00 Philip Pullman books at Y4 as a starting point #ukedchat Using youtube in the classroom, bringing the outside world into the classroom, showing concepts & ideas http://t.co/SkbovH1p 21:00 #ukedchat it's 9pm - thanks to everyone for participating in another great 21:00 #ukedchat and a big thanks to Julia @TheheadsOffice for hosting 21:00 RT @ICTwitz: Top tweet by @Chrisrat in #ukedchat a moment ago @ukedchat @deerwood I like making story choice boards that 21:00 include symbols, words and photos. #ukedchat @ukedchat @deerwood do symbols just have to be used with the SEN learners? Can they not be support/stimulus for all? RT @JanieT56: #ukedchat The key to risk taking in writing is collaboration. Let them write together - takes the pressure off. 3 heads are better than 1. Next #finnedchat on Friday at 21-22 Finland time (Finland UTC +2, ) Hear you! #finnedchat #education #edchat #principals #schools #ukedchat #addcym #ukedchat TeachMeet nxt Weds 23-11-11 in Holywell, N Wales Wiki here http://t.co/uiecnFEZ Pls sign up & RT bring a friend! @deerwood have the symbol with a few descriptive word cards for the pupil to chose & match to their symbol/picture? #ukedchat RT @chrisrat: Disappointed in the commercial links making way into #ukedchat we can all find things to shout about, there's a time and a place They really inspire creative writing as the children use the texts to develop their writing #ukedchat I have book reviews galore given 2 me It's 9pm. Many thanks to @TheHeadsOffice for hosting #ukedchat this week
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations RT @ukedchat: it's 9pm - thanks to everyone for participating in another great #ukedchat and a big thanks to Julia @TheheadsOffice 21:01 for hosting RT @KV80: @ukedchat @deerwood do symbols just have to be used with the SEN learners? Can they not be support/stimulus for 21:01 all? < absolutely RT @ukedchat: RT @stormfilled: #ukedchat Has anyone else looked at Blackout poetry? Brill technique by @austinkleon 21:01 http://t.co/4bi5sd6n Fab @JOHNSAYERS and it's a good way of developing links between ideas: a key aspect of being imaginative #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice thanks for hosting an excellent and thought provoking #ukedchat Shame I missed the first half. Thanks Julia @TheHeadsOffice and @ukedchat RT @LibWithAttitude: Prob already been mentioned but getting authors in to school invaluable - so inspiring for students & there are so many great ones #ukedchat Now #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project has a page on #googleplus Circle me #pln #edchat #ukedchat #globaled11 http://t.co/9OWv0Zxu RT @wjputt: #addcym #ukedchat TeachMeet nxt Weds 23-11-11 in Holywell, N Wales Wiki here http://t.co/uiecnFEZ Pls sign up & RT bring a friend! #ukedchat EDUCATORS! Pls help! Can you tell a group of lovely trainee teachers what Twitter does for you? Use #myPLN hashtag & pls RT Enterprise always encourages creativity amongst students, 100's of resources now available @davidhunter and I was badly let down by not being taught any grammar at all - learnt it all doing EFL #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice Thanks for a fab #ukedchat -will download summary and steal all the fab ideas! RT @smartassess: Due to rapid uptake of realsmartcloud we're adding to our realsmartcloud training team. Cloud Angels apply http://t.co/rpozozMr #ukedchat
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21:03 #ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice - well done Julia - good job tonight RT @LibWithAttitude Prob already been mentioned but getting authors in to school invaluable ---- Yes! This! #ukedchat Some good links here tonight in #ukedchat When will the archive be tweeted out? @MissionExplore because having that chance to keep the mind open, let it wander and not close down too soon develops imagination #ukedchat RT @LearningSpy David - don't judge based on a few quotes about grammar.Read this for the other side: http://t.co/jFvzBpSq #ukedchat
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#ukedchat Archive 17 Nov 2011 Improve Imaginations @LearningSpy appreciate the blog.this is where Twitter falls 21:04 down.opinions in 140 or less sometimes misunderstood #ukedchat 21:05 Good #ukedchat tonight some fab ideas thank you #ukedchat #lecpluggedin #ukedchat I also like to have students express 21:05 themselves through drawing! #ukedchat give them a writing frame or a starter para and the first 21:05 sentence to the next First time I've ever joined in with #ukedchat tonight :) forgot the # several times but oh well! Was v interesting! Thanks 21:05 @TheHeadsOffice @davidhunter Yes. But I am passionate that grammar must be 21:05 important (and fun) part of English lessons. #ukedchat RT @TinyAcorns: teach children the skill you want them to learn, but let them apply it into whatever content they're interested in 21:06 #ukedchat RT @kennypieper: #ukedchat To be a good writer one must be a good reader. Access to good writing is all...don't think any grammar 21:06 lesson will help without it RT @stormfilled: #ukedchat Find so many students blocked by spelling/punc anxiety. So removed it. That's why 21:07 @NaNoWriMoYWP works SO well. New Year 3 Blog, pls visit and let them know there is life out there :) 21:07 http://t.co/iYq0ZxIj #ukedchat RT @MsKateRyan: Students pick a page of their favourite book, study the sentence structures and use them as models in their own 21:08 writing. #ukedchat RT @teacherofy5: get children to read what THEY like [interests] don't force them to read what YOU like #ukedchat RT @MsKateRyan: Show examples of writing that are relevant to them; nothing like a good quality rap verse to get my students inspired #ukedchat @LearningSpy I agree. But I don't like the notion of the previously mentioned discrete grammar lesson #ukedchat RT @stormfilled: #ukedchat Most effective creative writing my classes ever produced was based on a photo. Give image, write from POV inside. Year 8 pieces... Another shameless plug, this time for Y4's blog http://t.co/6uzDPnKl Pls visit and comment :) #ukedchat #addcym #edchat
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