A fun and easy way to explore any topic
This site lets you ask tough or controversial questions and then stimulate debate about it. You can also create a visual league table based on the votes of all involved.
Read The Words
This site turns the written word into an audio file - could be good for addressing different learning styles - might just be funtoo!
Questionnaire to find discover which type of intelligence you have
http://kis21learning.pbwiki.com/A+%22Digital+Arts%22+Menu+for+Multiple+Intelligences
Learning styles
Lots of different information about learning styles (pdf document) http://www.tecweb.org/styles/imslsindl.pdf
Some interesting articles to read about thinking, motivating students etc
The following readings have all come from Alistar Smith’s Accelerated Learning site which is well worth a browse. There were other readings on the site - these are just the ones that looked most interesting to me
All you need to know about motivation by Alistar Smith
Some ideas for motivating students by Robert Harris
Forget the marking - start talking
From thinking skills to thinking classrooms by Carol McGuiness
Thinking for learning by Alistar Smith
Are you the real McCoy yet? by David Spendlove
“Pick a brain” - Gardner’s multiple intelligences
The truth about boys and girls by Jerry Gabriel
Inside the Black Box - raising standards throuh classroom assessement by Dylan William and Paul Black
Theories of learning by Ian Harris
Reports from the Farmington foundation
Teaching & learning styles http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT174.pdf
Effective RS through the teaching of ethics http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT176.pdf
Unlcoking potential - motivating students at KS4 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT188.pdf
Thinking skills at KS3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT192.pdf
Gifted and talented at KS3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT200.pdf
Educating children about charity at ks3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT201.pdf
Religion and the media http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT203.pdf
Developing independent learning through RE http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT204.pdf
Exploring the links between RE and Work Related Learning http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT205.pdf
To develop interactive resources for use within the classroom that will enhance the delivery of the ‘Assessment for Learning’ Strategy
http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT210.pdf
Teaching and Learning in RE using Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT211.pdf
