D. Slinker

D. Slinker, USA, Elementary Schools, Thinking Skills K-5

D. Slinker has 23 years of teaching experience in elementary schools. She has taught 1st-4th grade, gifted education, technology classes and math/technology classes. She is passionate about stretching children's brains. She loves helping them reach new heights of learning and understanding.

Edison U. Ratio Smart: Teaching Thinking Skills - currently offline
Mystified about how to teach your students or children to be better thinkers? If you answered yes, this site is for you. It is designed to help adults teach children in kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth or fifth grade how to be better thinkers.

You'll find characteristics of thinking skills, games, activities, lessons, books, insights, common mistakes and more as you explore this site designed to teach elementary school students how to be better thinkers.

Theme: deductive reasoning, thinking skills, elementary school, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, detective thinking, teaching, math, reading, books, teaching resources, clues

James Nottingham

James Nottingham, UK, Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Philosophy for Children

I've taught in primary, secondary and special schools in the UK, and am now director of my own company, Sustained Success. I support schools around the world in the development of challenging learning, creativity, leadership and philosophy for children (P4C).

Reflections from a World of Education - currently offline
Highlighting some of the best educational innovations I come across on my travels, together with some nice links and a few tweets focusing on the practice of P4C.

Born in Yorkshire, Live in Northumberland, support Newcastle United

Theme: australia, new zealand, UK, norway, constructivism, P4C, philosophy for children, leadership, teacher training, innovation, pedagogy, thinking skills

Jackie Blackman

Jackie Blackman, UK, Secondary, Religious Studies

I’m the Curriculum Team Leader for Religious and Social Studies (Psychology, Sociology & Critical Thinking) and I have also just been made Opening Minds Coordinator.

Opening Minds is a competency based curriculum which our yr 7 students (11 to 12 yrs old) will follow for 7 hours a week with the same teacher. Although the course is a skills based curriculum students will also receive their Religious Studies, History, Geography, Design & Technology entitlement as well as some ICT content.

The course was trialled this past year for 2 forms and is being extended across the whole year from September. Although the course was in place this year things such as assessment criteria and course content was not finalised. This has been my responsibility over the last few weeks and I am enjoying the challenge tremendously.

I have been teaching for 12 years in a school in London and I love my job. I’m passionate about thinking skills and ways of using technology to extend and deepen learning experiences.

RS Teacher
A blog which is really just providing resources for other teachers, especially those who are RS teachers.

Opening Minds
I have only made this blog today (20th July 2008) and have not added to it yet – but it will eventually contain the ups and downs of my job as coordinator of Opening Minds – hopefully there will be things to interest everyone!

Themes: resources, IWB, religious studies, graphic organisers, thinking skills, history, geography, D&T, web 2.0, competencies, skills, learning styles, RSA, opening minds