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Quick look: Organise Ideas

September 27, 2021

This arrived a few days ago, and I will be doing a proper review soon. This article is just a quick “first impressions” post.

The first thing I noticed is that more than fifty teachers have contributed to the book, which strikes me as a promising start.

The second thing that struck me is that its small footprint is rather deceptive. It contains over 300 packed pages. Nice quality too.

Thirdly, the book considers different sorts of graphic organisers, how to construct them, and what to use them for, plus useful hints and tips. Thus my first impression is that this is a handy toolkit which, once mastered, can be applied in lots of different contexts in any subject.

I hope I’m not wrong, or if I am, that I am pleasantly surprised!

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Quick look: The Teachers' Standards in Primary Schools
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This is very well set out. It takes each standard, and gives you ideas on how to achieve it, and what success in this context looks like.

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I have often thought that I would have been much more interested in science at school, and been much more successful at it, had the teachers taught us anything of practical value.

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Quick look: Tubes: Behind the scenes at the internet
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We are all so accustomed to using the internet, searching the world wide web — "going online" — that most of us most of the time probably do not stop to consider the question: yes, but where exactly is it?

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Quick look: Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us―and How AI Could Save Lives
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Dr Bot discusses something I hadn’t really considered…

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Quick look: My boss is a moron
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I borrowed this book from the library yesterday and have had to stop reading it.

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