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Periodic Table Personalities
I've posted a "Periodic Table Personalities" resource over on Middle School Matters.
Periodic Table Personalities is the embodiment of the personification of those elements that make up our world.
Students simply answer a few questions about themselves to find that elemental connection. That's right, students answer some (16) questions and t
https://troypatterson.me/2025/09/20/periodic-table-personalities/
Students Marking Up Digital Text
How to replace the half-sheet of paper with the "problem of the day" on it. Instead, use digital tools for students to mark up the story problem.
https://troypatterson.me/2025/09/15/students-marking-up-digital-text/
Twine & Markdown
I'm working on my Fall ACTEM presentation. The presentation is on "Choose Your Own Adventure: Create An Adventure for Your Students". Specifically, how you can create these for students. Or, better yet, how students can create these.
While working in Twine (I wrote about Twine previously), I wrote some things in Markdown. Since Twine doesn't have a "viewer" window, p
Frayer Model
I've long been a fan of the Frayer Model. This is an easy to use, flexible graphic organizer that can help students understand concepts. It is most commonly used for vocabulary words, but can be extended as well.
The wonderful Alice Keeler posted a hint to create Frayer Models using Google Slides. This then reminded me of a Frayer Models in Moodle. I posted this several y
Teaching can be a tough, joyless job sometimes, but on other days you get a Yr 8 student who reimagines Much Ado by having Disney-style talking cows for characters and calling it "Much A-Moo About Nothing" and you literally cry with laughter #MuchAMoo #Cows #Shakespeare #Education #Teaching #EduGlow @edutooters
I've made it through another half term - a long, dark, difficult - half term. But there's been lots of good stuff too. A student who painted something amazing for me to pass onto an absent colleague. My Yr 11s bringing in props and costumes to film revision material for one of our texts. Fighting for a dyslexia screening, and ultimately a diagnosis, for a Yr 9 boy who didn't understand why school was so tough for him. And now - wine and sleep #EduGlow #Teaching #Education #edutooer @edutooters
Study State:
"Hi, I'm a 17-year old senior in high school with a passion for frontend web development. Out of frustration with Quizlet's high cost, I created StudyState in October 2022 as a free alternative with additional features. I had a lot of fun creating it (especially the AI-powered stuff!), and I hope you enjoy using it!"
Check it out:
https://studystate.net/
Anyone familiar with Kialo-Edu? Interesting site to help students develop debate and critical thinking skills.
Looks like a good privacy policy.
Check out the latest Middle School Matters Podcast episode:
MSM 607 - Rememble This, or Not
Just realized that Lumi will let you export H5P activities as plain HTML files.
Which means that you can host those just about anywhere (even Google Drive). So, one can use H5P in Google Classroom.
Even better, kids can use Lumi to create activities to share with the class.
Upon playing with Goblin Tools (https://goblin.tools), I think that this could be very useful for students and teachers.
I'll have middle school students using it for themselves. A couple of teachers will be creating model to do lists to share with students.
A couple of elementary teachers are printing and providing to students.
Introduced 7th graders to spreadsheets today. Great time, Lots of work to do.
Finished up the AI art class round three. The 8th graders were on target with developing their skills.
I hope Diffusion Bee gets an update over the summer.
Finished up the AI art project with the 8th graders today. They have created Chindogu projects (they had to describe it, draw it, and create it using AI Art).
Great class. Great kids.
Turns out that if 8th graders ask Diffusion Bee to create things using inappropriate words, it complies.
8th grade Art students created an AI image of a student. Then we did a Gallery Walk where students reviewed each other's prompts and images.
Pulled class back together to discuss what they noticed.
#eduglow of today:
My students clapped when we finally proved that two lines where perpendicular; the exercise was a bit hard and used the scalar product, which is new for them.
This quote from Donna J. Haraway’s introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction keeps inspiring me from all directions.
‘It matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what concepts we think to think other concepts with. It matters wherehow ouroboros swallows its tale, again.’
Right now it’s wiggling around helping me with reflective practice, formative assessment and curriculum design.
Footwork the underground Chicago dance music and their battle circles inspires my teaching. It reminds me that teaching is a cooperative practice and the student and teacher are playing off one another to push into new ground (Puhpowee!).
Teklife/Ghettoville/Eski: The Sonic Ecologies of Black Music in the Early 21st Century by Dhanveer Singh Brar
My #eduglow moment today was seeing all the staff preparing for tomorrows Quality of Education review by the Trust. Their full commitment to it is admirable.
A student who has been struggling with their health and hygiene has had an awesome week. Worked hard at the gym and started swimming. They did 20 odd lengths and showered after each. They loved swimming. We’re trying to find a way for cheap/free gym membership close to their home to keep the enthusiasm going into their everyday life for when they leave education. We’re travel training them on routes so they can access it all independently. They’re doing great.
For our AI Art class, students were grouped (paired mostly) to become the "teacher". Their assignment:
You are the teacher in this assignment.
What is a problem your classmates can solve using AI?
1. Create the specific problem to solve using AI
2. What is the criteria?
3. What do you want your classmates to do?
4. What will students turn in?
5. What is the solution?
Each group presents to the class. The class then has 5 minutes to develop an AI art answer and turn in to the group.
#eduglow moment today was liaising with the new High School Headteacher. Lots of exciting plans ahead and very keen for their staff to observe and learn how we teach maths and English.