Beyond the iPLS Classroom

In this episode we talk to Sarah White about how best to prepare your students for what may be their first experience of examinations and how to prepare them for examination conditions considering the amount of online learning that students have gone through over the last two years. Sarah will provide guidance on how best to engage with and support your students, but also how parents can also support in the periods leading up to examinations. This is the first of two episodes dedicated to preparing your students for examinations at iPrimary.

We are twos years into the pandemic and teaching initially moved from classroom based to virtual lessons, in a traditional classroom there would have been lots of hands-on support for those students with special educational needs. This hands-on support that teachers and teaching assistants provide in a traditional classroom setting may have lessened or completely disappeared during the pandemic. We will hear from Alan Yeoman, author of our How to Teach SEN Students PD Module, about best teaching practice, tips and advice as to how to best support your SEN students in a virtual teaching environment.

Welcome to season 2 of Beyond the iPLS Classroom! 

In this season we will hear from authors of iPLS resources and Curricula, the ipls publishing team, practising teachers and iPLS Master Trainers. We will take a look at topics such as how to develop a reading culture in your school, how to teach SEN students online, how to prepare students for assessments in iPrimary and iLowerSecondary, and a whole range of other topics. These episodes are designed to engage and inspire you to create the best learning environments for you and your students. strategies, tips and advice, all given by our ipls master trainers, practising teacher and authors, you can be sure that your classrooms will be dynamic, engaging and nurturing those 21st century learners.

So, take a journey with me and let’s go beyond the ipls classroom.

In this episode we talk to Sarah White, iPLS Master Trainer and author of the iPLS Professional Development Module, How to Teach Online Effectively, on the flipped classroom approach. We discuss how the flipped classroom approach has become more popular during the global pandemic, where teaching and learning has essentially flipped to an ever-increasing student-centred approach. Pre-pandemic the flipped classroom approach was very successful in University learning and in some cases was used in primary and lower secondary classes sparingly, but now with the majority of teaching online, teachers have re-discovered the flipped classroom approach. Sarah discusses some challenges that we have all faced when it comes to teaching online and how the flipped learning approach can take some pressure off of teachers and place students at the forefront of their own learning. We discuss some strategies and advice as to how to create a flipped learning classroom and how best to plan your lessons. 

For more information on How to Teach Online Effectively, please do take a look at this webinar, https://www.pearson.com/international-schools/events/2021/06/engaging-lessons-and-students--how-to-teach-online-effectively.html

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In this episode we talk to Danny Nicholson, ICT Consultant and author of our iPLS Professional Development Module, iPLS Computing, around digital literacy and why it is more important now to be digitally literate than ever before. We discuss what is digital literacy, why it is more relevant today, why it is important for not only our students to be digitally literate but also why we as teachers need to be digitally relevant.

Danny provides some fantastic resources and advice on what you can do to develop both your digital literacy skills and your students skills so that they are ready for education in the digital world and an ever-increasing digital workplace. We also discuss the importance of your digital footprint and what you can do to ensure you and your students are using the internet and technology in a safe manner.

If you would like to find out more about iPLS Computing, please do watch this webinar, https://www.pearson.com/international-schools/events/2020/06/webinar-ipls-computing.html

Students are now working online more than ever, and so how do we keep them safe when working online? There are protocols and guidance that are followed in a traditional classroom setting, so how can we protect our students online and working from home. In this episode we will hear from Deb Smith who works closely with local schools on topics such as safeguarding. Deb will provide some guidance on advice for both teachers, senior leaders and parents so that we can all make sure our students are working safely from home and online. 

Please note this episode contains references to situations where children may be at risk of harm. 

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At the beginning of the pandemic teaching very quickly moved from classroom based to virtual lessons in the space of a few short weeks, many teachers and students found themselves having to adapt very quickly to both teaching and learning online and this didn't come without its challenges! A year into the pandemic and many schools have now adopted a blended learning approach, with around half of the teaching time spent online in virtual classrooms.  This episode is focused on tips and strategies and what to look out for when teaching online.

In this episode we are joined by Sarah White, an Education Consultant with over 30 years of experience teaching internationally. More recently Sarah has been both writing and delivering Professional Development to teachers globally, and before the pandemic travelled extensively to ensure teachers received the very best Professional Development.

If you would like to learn more about teaching online effectively, please register to join the How to Teach Online Effectively webinar hosted by iPLS PD and Sarah White, on June 2nd at 9amBST | 8amGMT. Link to register is below;

https://pearson.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WX72xBzUQiOHNYSiSjKXAw

The information, statements, comments, views, and opinions expressed or provided in this podcast are not those of Pearson.

One year on from the pandemic, the education world has been turned upside down, so how do we make sure students are not left in 2020?

In this episode we are joined by Kevin Hiatt, Senior Publisher at Pearson Edexcel. Kevin is responsible for iPLS Curriculum development and matching resources. 

In October 2020 iPLS Professional Development hosted a webinar, Addressing the gaps created by Covid-19’, Kevin Hiatt described the current situation and gave tips and advice as to how to identify, address and close those gaps that have been created by Covid-19. In this episode we will focus on steps that you as a teacher can take to try to mitigate the widening of gaps in your students learning and how to track and assess your students now, one year into the pandemic. 

To watch the full webinar, follow this link; 

https://www.pearson.com/international-schools/events/2020/10/webinar-addressing-gaps-created-by-COVID-19.html

The information, statements, comments, views, and opinions expressed or provided in this podcast are not those of Pearson.