Mr van W's Class

The Real Answer to Why Some Kids Don’t Engage at School

TTT Episode 81: Handwriting Truthiness and The Social Good of Education
Pete (@mr_van_w) questions the importance of handwriting. Maybe the current generation doesn't have it all wrong and it just doesn't actually matter as much as we think it does. On a side note: We were in a meeting today and a colleague talked up how students are much better off writing with a pen and when they can't spell something they look […]
TTT Episode 80: Education Rage and Degrees Don't Equal Jobs
Pete (@mr_van_w) opens with a shout out to the Mr Barton Maths Podcast http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/podcast/ and his interview of Andrew Blair (@inquirymaths). Which is a good example of a teachers from both sides of the Trad/Prog fence having a civil conversation. Something that we would like to see more of especially on twitter. John (@jfcatto) discusses […]
TTT Episode 79b Hey John
Pete's not near John, and this makes him sad. So he sent John an audio message. Dear John... Pete's been reading the excellent @cultofpedagogy again. As it often does it pulled his head out of the oven. Nostalgia is the killer of art and it turns out it may be just as dangerous to education.
TTT Episode 79a Tips To Teachers
Pete (@mr_van_w) has some tips from some teachers he knows for Teachers. Check out the Shiny teacher he works with on Instagram @stammertime, she's posting some rad stuff. Flipgrid - not just for Flipped Learning (in fact probably mostly not for flipped learning). Pete