Ben White
@benwhitewaldenkent.bsky.social
Teacher, AHT T&L, co-author - The Next Big Thing in School Improvement, education speaker and consultant. Interested in social media, smart phones and well being. Fascinated by stories and story telling. Likes running. Hates barre chords. F particularly.
‘We noticed them playing tag…reverting back to childhood games.’
We explored Damian McBeath’s school’s move to being effectively phone free - with lockable pouches @ttradioofficial.bsky.social ). Why did they do it? What impact has it had? What have they learned along the way…..
We explored Damian McBeath’s school’s move to being effectively phone free - with lockable pouches @ttradioofficial.bsky.social ). Why did they do it? What impact has it had? What have they learned along the way…..
April 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
‘We noticed them playing tag…reverting back to childhood games.’
We explored Damian McBeath’s school’s move to being effectively phone free - with lockable pouches @ttradioofficial.bsky.social ). Why did they do it? What impact has it had? What have they learned along the way…..
We explored Damian McBeath’s school’s move to being effectively phone free - with lockable pouches @ttradioofficial.bsky.social ). Why did they do it? What impact has it had? What have they learned along the way…..
Being more sun. 4/4. Check out the series so far, here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Being more sun. 4/4. Check out the series so far, here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Head teachers as ‘hypothesis testers’. 3/4
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Head teachers as ‘hypothesis testers’. 3/4
How easy it is for potentially definitive stories to emerge around our decisions…2/4
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
How easy it is for potentially definitive stories to emerge around our decisions…2/4
Mr Evans the time snatcher, head teachers as hypothesis testers, and ‘being more sun.’ Lots of useful takeaways and stories in episode 4 of Classroom Chronicles’ with @head-teach.bsky.social on @ttradioofficial.bsky.social 1/4
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Mr Evans the time snatcher, head teachers as hypothesis testers, and ‘being more sun.’ Lots of useful takeaways and stories in episode 4 of Classroom Chronicles’ with @head-teach.bsky.social on @ttradioofficial.bsky.social 1/4
And lastly - No-one actually know your school’s ’assessment system’ ! 4/4.
Check out the full episode here: Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/47E9Trp...
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dnv74-...
Check out the full episode here: Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/47E9Trp...
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dnv74-...
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And lastly - No-one actually know your school’s ’assessment system’ ! 4/4.
Check out the full episode here: Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/47E9Trp...
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dnv74-...
Check out the full episode here: Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/47E9Trp...
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dnv74-...
And….’We shouldn’t use GCSE questions as much when teaching our courses.’ 3/4
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And….’We shouldn’t use GCSE questions as much when teaching our courses.’ 3/4
Next: The terms ‘formative’ and ‘summative’ assessments can be really unhelpful when viewed as discrete, opposite categories. 2/4
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Next: The terms ‘formative’ and ‘summative’ assessments can be really unhelpful when viewed as discrete, opposite categories. 2/4
Enjoyed interviewing @head-teach.bsky.social for Classroom Chronicles last week. He introduced some really interesting really interesting ideas around assessment….First up ‘the expectation of inference’ 1/4
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Enjoyed interviewing @head-teach.bsky.social for Classroom Chronicles last week. He introduced some really interesting really interesting ideas around assessment….First up ‘the expectation of inference’ 1/4
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
‘My two pedagogical nemeses are spurious data and PowerPoint…. ‘
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Pbw81VNbKt0s7TGUgpj0D?si=O6pTpvGASCWYalFzsSQ7-w
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ep/pb-bii3g-...
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Pbw81VNbKt0s7TGUgpj0D?si=O6pTpvGASCWYalFzsSQ7-w
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ep/pb-bii3g-...
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
‘My two pedagogical nemeses are spurious data and PowerPoint…. ‘
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Pbw81VNbKt0s7TGUgpj0D?si=O6pTpvGASCWYalFzsSQ7-w
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ep/pb-bii3g-...
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Pbw81VNbKt0s7TGUgpj0D?si=O6pTpvGASCWYalFzsSQ7-w
Podbean: www.podbean.com/ep/pb-bii3g-...
“Within the classroom. PowerPoints and spurious data are my two nemeses.” Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles.
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Within the classroom. PowerPoints and spurious data are my two nemeses.” Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles.
‘Anti-scientific nonsense - like climate change denial - from world leaders makes science harder to teach. And more vital than ever.’ Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
‘Anti-scientific nonsense - like climate change denial - from world leaders makes science harder to teach. And more vital than ever.’ Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
‘I like to think of myself as the coach, prepping my team to take on the big bad wolf - the exam board! I’m on their side’. What’s the story you tell your classes? Classroom Chronicles…
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
‘I like to think of myself as the coach, prepping my team to take on the big bad wolf - the exam board! I’m on their side’. What’s the story you tell your classes? Classroom Chronicles…
“There’s PLENTY of time to teach the entire GCSE Science Spec….” Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles.
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“There’s PLENTY of time to teach the entire GCSE Science Spec….” Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles.
‘Homework is grossly unfair. A nice bonus - homework works as it’s extra practice. But 6 hours a day, 5 days a week should be enough time…and that’s the time you can control.’ Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
‘Homework is grossly unfair. A nice bonus - homework works as it’s extra practice. But 6 hours a day, 5 days a week should be enough time…and that’s the time you can control.’ Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
‘Just telling them’ frees up time for 6 or 7 further attempts. The stakes each time are kept low. Students learn - as if by magic.
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
‘Just telling them’ frees up time for 6 or 7 further attempts. The stakes each time are kept low. Students learn - as if by magic.
2/8 High stakes assessment coupled with ‘one time coverage’ is terrible. Genuine sustained retrieval and practice works like ‘magic’!
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
2/8 High stakes assessment coupled with ‘one time coverage’ is terrible. Genuine sustained retrieval and practice works like ‘magic’!
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
Dan Boorman on Classroom Chronicles
Teachers all have their own story - an internal sense of what they are doing, trying to achieve - and how well this is going- within the classroom. This is Dan’s. What is yours?
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Teachers all have their own story - an internal sense of what they are doing, trying to achieve - and how well this is going- within the classroom. This is Dan’s. What is yours?
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
@ttradioofficial.bsky.social
‘She said my grade won’t fall from the sky…but knows I can do it’. Exploring how the stories we tell can shape students lives with Martin Griffin. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... (Apple Podcast)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
February 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
‘She said my grade won’t fall from the sky…but knows I can do it’. Exploring how the stories we tell can shape students lives with Martin Griffin. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... (Apple Podcast)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
We tell stories that can change lives.
This and more about story telling in schools in episode one of Classroom Chronicles.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... (Apple Podcast)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
This and more about story telling in schools in episode one of Classroom Chronicles.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... (Apple Podcast)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
February 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We tell stories that can change lives.
This and more about story telling in schools in episode one of Classroom Chronicles.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... (Apple Podcast)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)
This and more about story telling in schools in episode one of Classroom Chronicles.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... (Apple Podcast)
open.spotify.com/episode/3F9C... (Spotify)
www.ttradio.org/listenback/e... (TT radio)