Author: chelle Oldham
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Turnitin Does Not Detect Plagiarism
Using Turnitin as a Positive Tool for Formative Assessment Ref: https://acdev.orgdev.coventry.domains/application/files/2715/6293/3552/J282-19_The-Coventry-Way-eBook_V7.pdf [accessed 26.10.20] Aims and rationale: The use of Turnitin as a tool within Higher Education has been growing for many years. Alongside this, however, a culture of fear has been growing among students that they will somehow be caught out by the software and…
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279 Days & Counting; Im 10yrs old and these are my words
We are not going to lose We fight you on the streets We fight you everywhere we go We have our masks, we have our bleach We are not afraid of you, unseen enemy You’re not the only one who can hide You can hide in plain sight We can hide in our homes We…
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The Blogging Learning Curve
Hey, if you are reaching this first sentence you must want to learn more about blogging; or you’ve read my writing before and I just spark something you enjoy. It occurred to me this week, people may actually read my material because they absolutely hate the things I write about and/or the way that I…
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Popcorn popping on the apricot tree: the blossoms during Covid-19
Parents were asked, ‘Does anyone who chose to use schools feel their children have blossomed whilst learning at home?’. Within less than 24hrs there were over 200 responses. Within 48hrs over 400 responses. The question asked parents to reflect upon the last 5 months and identify if anything had changed since lockdown forced education back…
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13 & in Lockdown
The Teenager Living with Covid-19 Living in lockdown as a home-schooled 13yr old. “Lockdown, a word that, just last year, had a very different meaning. Now, when people hear the word ‘lockdown’ they think of social distancing, they think of the vulnerable who are shielding, and they think of the global pandemic. For me, lockdown…
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So, Home Education is okay now?
Home Education is not the same as the Home Learning that parents are attempting to undertake during the Lockdown of 2020. There is some virtue in the numerous online comments from existing Home Educators who repeatedly tried to distinguish themselves from the parents of Lockdown by offering the term ‘Home Learning’ as an alternative to…