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Rob Wyness

@oldmanteacher1.bsky.social

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Old man trying to be as best a teacher I can be. Hailing from sunny Leicestershire, I'm interested in most things educational. Thinking about what a Democratic education system could look like. #UKEd. #UKTeaching #PrimaryTeaching

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 3h

When I first got into research-informed practice, I was starry-eyed at its potential. Now, it's just a complete mess of egos and dogma. Completely disillusioned by the general atmosphere if it.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 3h

Might apply for a laugh 🤣 I can build up that rejection portfolio!

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 2d

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There are good guys and then there is Lewis Moody – MND has cruelly singled out the bravest of men | Robert Kitson

Moody’s diagnosis with motor neurone disease at the age of 47 is desperate news for all those who know and love him

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 5d

A lot of this stuff is designed, practiced and rehearsed ay Seconday, then claimed for all schools regardless of context.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 5d

Some unionists. Try and be honest yourself.

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 5d

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 5d

Sit upright and still
Track the speaker
Answer like a scholar
Respect the speaker.
I love watching Y1s trying to answer like a scholar 🤣. I think it's a Doug Lemov thing. It can be used, but does need contextual understanding.

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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 6d

Stop worrying if people like you.

They don’t…

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 6d

I've been arguing against the 'T' in STAR listening for a couple of years now. But it never seems to be taken seriously.

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 6d

What a cesspool of a society we have made for ourselves. And now we have to watch the worst of humanity stir that cesspool, allowing the most rancid of faecal humanity to rise to the top. What have we done?

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely. Looking forward to the next one!

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @collegeofteaching.bsky.social for my Certificate in Evidence informed Practice! Time to start the next one 😁

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

Some British people ...

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

LLMs are still in their infancy, and require careful handling.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

I teach Y5 at primary. I wouldn't for a number of reasons, but probably the most important is how you structure and phrase the instructions for the AI. Get that wrong, and you will nit get the desired output.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

Yes. So generating sentences or questions for fluency in Maths and Writing. Creating short pieces for exemplars. LSQs multiple choice. I just recently created a resource of 500 questions about commercial airliners for one of my SEND boys as a post-work reward. That sort of thing.

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

Saving time on task resourcing.

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

Isn't it time England had a bank holiday to celebrate the successes of the Lionesses and Roses?

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 15d

One of the most important, but perhaps underestimated questions for teaching and learning:

'Who should be reading aloud in class?'

alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-r...

Who should read aloud in class?

There are fewer more important acts in all of education than reading in the classroom. From what is read, to the specifics of when, why, and by whom, the how of reading in the classroom can prove a vi...

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 17d

Using AI in schools is a little akin to letting someone drive in F1 with the experience of driving a Ford Fiesta.

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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 18d

Breaking news:
Tommy Robinson set to organise an emergency nationwide demonstration after the MET office reported that Britain might have an Indian summer.

(Had to be shared after seeing it doing the rounds 😁)

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 18d

Can't help but think that using AI in schools at the moment is like letting someone into a Nascar with no experience and a basic driving licence.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 18d

It's all an interesting debate at the moment. Problem is how it is phrased. The current CogSci 'revolution' in education is all just correlation, but is pitched as causation. That's the danger.

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 18d

This is a really useful blog from Oracy Cambridge and researchers from the University of Surrey on assessing oral language. This is a real practice gap.

'Speak Up, Measure Up: Building Better Tools for Evaluating Classroom Conversation'

oracycambridge.org/speak-up-mea...

Speak Up, Measure Up: Building Better Tools for Evaluating Classroom Conversation - ORACY CAMBRIDGE

by Estefania Gamarra, Marion Heron, Harriet Tenenbaum & Lewis Baker University of Surrey In this blog we share with you some of our reflections on how we can measure the…

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 18d

Well, England won't get revenge over the Black Ferns, but the best two teams in the world in the RWC final? Glorious.