280: Post holiday catch up
As the holidays come to an end here in the UK I give some thank you shout outs to new and old supporters of Education on Fire.
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279: All Ears English with Lindsay McMahon
Lindsay McMahon is the co-host of All Ears English. The All Ears English Podcast is downloaded 8 million times per month globally and has been ranked in Best of Apple Podcasts categories in 2018 and 2019 and as well as #1 in US Education Language Courses. Lindsay and her podcast have been featured in Podcast Magazine, Language Magazine, and Forbes.
‘Connection NOT Perfection™ ‘
Are you feeling stuck with your English? Many people study English but don’t actually learn it. Throw away your boring old textbook! You should feel inspired when you learn English. All Ears English believe the purpose of learning English is to connect with people. Don’t get stuck in perfection by focusing on your mistakes.
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Instagram: www.instagram.com/all_ears_english
Facebook: www.facebook.com/allearsenglish/
Resources Mentioned
Coffee Break Languages Podcasts
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278: My Online Schooling with Rob Leitch
Rob Leitch is the Executive Headteacher of My Online Schooling, one of the leading international, online schools delivering a high quality British education to students in the UK and around the world.
My Online Schooling brings British education to young people worldwide. It delivers online lessons from KS2 to A Level and is a registered online Cambridge International School.
My Online Schooling was established with one simple aim: to improve the educational possibilities for young people. They recognise that pupils learn in all different ways and at different paces. That’s why they’ve chosen to create an alternative pathway to the traditional one-size-fits-all approach to education.
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@Rob_Leitch
@myonlinesch
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277: Coach T’s Corner with Antwaun Thompson
Antwaun Thompson or Coach T®, has coached and mentored young men and women, helping to improve their athletic skills, personal growth, and personal relationship skills for over 30 years. His basketball coaching covers elementary, middle, and high school, AAU, college and just completed his 10th year at a private school.
Coach T®, is the founder and executive Director of JLT Fieldhouse, a 501c3 nonprofit youth coaching and mentoring organization, dedicated to “Coaching and Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow”. This organization is named in honor of his late father, Sgt. Maj. Joe Lewis Thompson, USMC, who adopted Antwaun and his older brother after their mom and Joe were married. The lessons learned from his father is what inspires him to continue by passing it on to the next generation of leaders.
He is also the owner of Coach T’s Corner®, an online mentoring academy that is designed to “Educate, Support and Inspire” our future leaders of tomorrow and to better prepare them to take ownership of the tools for a prosperous future.
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276: 360 Skills For Life with Rob Hattersley
Prepared for life, not just exams
360 are a dynamic social enterprise developing essential skills for life in young people through an interactive learning approach we call discuss, decide and do.
360 Skills For Life provide scenario-based educational experiences that equip learners with the skills, knowledge and confidence to live active, fulfilling and safer lives in stronger and more sustainable communities.
Experience Skill City, their unique VR environment, bringing to life real world safeguarding dilemmas in realistic but safe scenarios.
Their values
- We listen in order to continually learn and improve
- We connect and collaborate because partnerships achieve more for less
- We put the learner and their needs first
- We empower and challenge rather than instruct
- We engage and involve learners in our development
- We adapt and are flexible when encountering new situations and knowledge
- We include all learners regardless of age, disability, gender, relationship or parental status, race, belief, sex or sexual orientation
- We seek the best in everyone to realise individual and collective potential
Their approach
- Holistic, cross-curricular education that delivers transferable skills for 21st century life
- Immersive, practical and interactive learning in which users discuss, make decisions and then do, rather than simply learning facts
- Awareness of surroundings to make good risk assessments, confidently make better decisions and deal with individual and collective challenges
- Blended learning where online, in-school and outdoor strands are closely integrated
- Provision of a realistic dilemma-based virtual Skill City as the core resource
- Partnership with other organisations to maximise impact and value
360 work closely with partners in the public, private and third sectors and deliver three integrated curriculum strands of online, in school and outdoors. The first phase on safeguarding launched in April 2021.
Website
Social Media Information
Twitter – @360SkillsForLife
LinkedIn – /360skillsforlife
Resource Mentioned
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Get a FREE e-copy of their professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal