Simple Strategies for Reducing Stress – A guide for Educators by @digicoled

As with many professions, being an educator can provide high moments and low moments. Being a teacher offers such great moments, but it would be foolish to think that it is not a stressful position.

There are many components that make teaching stressful, such as teaching for tests and hoping the pupils will perform well, marking and giving meaningful feedback quickly. Also, there are ‘Pinch…

UKEd Magazine – Issue 56

Click here to download as a PDF Subscribe for free hereWe have a small favour to ask. More people are accessing UKEdChat articles, resources, videos, magazines and podcasts than ever. Unlike many organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our content open for all. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. Maintaining and improving our content takes a lot of time, money…

NEW: Planning for Metacognition by @digicoled #UKEdChat Now at

Metacognition is one of the most effective and impactful pedagogical strategies available to educators. Implemented correctly, the improvement on progress can be 7+ months for pupils (according to the UK’s EEF), and have a positive impact of 0,69 within an academic year (according to John Hattie’s meta-analysis of classroom strategies), ranking it within the top-15 most useful pedagogical tools…

NEW: 3 ways to maintain your professional integrity as a teacher by @digicoled now at

Your professional integrity is one of the most important parts of your teaching career. Integrity and professionalism is the glue that holds competent, strong schools together. There’s no doubt that you will encounter situations that make you question what you think you know about being a professional and a learning leader but maintaining your integrity will make you a respected teacher, valued…

New via @UKEdMag: Learned Helplessness by @digicoled now also at

In an experiment you may not be aware of, a class of learners was randomly split down the middle. A challenge was given to each half – each group was given three words.

Group 1 were given: (1) whirl (2) slapstick (3) cinerama

Group 2 were given: (1) bat (2) lemon (3) cinerama

They were all asked to work on their own and in silence. They were told that, upon presentation of each word,…

New - The @UKEdPodcast – Episode 31 - #EdTech - Data Privacy and Behaviour

Hosted by Colin Hill (@digicoled), we speak to Jamie Manolov about his research into how ClassDojo is used in classrooms globally, with potential implications to data, privacy and behaviours encouraged.

References made within the show:

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With the government in England recently announcing encouragement that young people should have their own activity ‘passports’, we have compiled 30 (with space for 3 own chosen activities) adventures that young people can do before they finish school. Inspired by various parties, these activities can be done easily, with support from trusted adults.

Created as a bookmark, this resource is easy…

Book: Teaching On A Shoestring by @RussellGrigg & Helen Lewis via @CrownHousePub

Supported by: Crown House Publishing

With educational budgets being squeezed within many jurisdictions, the opportunity to properly resource classrooms often falls to the individuals working within the setting to help enrich the environment for the young learners who enter each day. But the cost of providing enriching experiences does not have to be great, and involving the whole community in…