Category Archives: gcse

How FFT works (video)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Dan

The other day I was going to speak about assessment at a conference. However, arrangements became confused and I was unable to get there. So I recorded and uploaded a quick version of part of the presentation to YouTube. It … Continue reading →

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GCSE at SHF

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dan

>It was good to see this highly crafted, strong, observational drawing permeating all work in this GCSE exhibition. Some things are just timeless. The department will once again be encouraging students to enter their work onto online exhibitions like the … Continue reading →

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THE Game

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Dan

>Just spent an evening with colleagues and students on the last session of the online games course. I was really impressed with so much of this. It is a curious experience because it is, on the one hand, very matter … Continue reading →

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Something significant happening here

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Dan

> Just need to put down a marker here about the work being done at Chalfonts Community College. I have written of this before but the new website seems to me to be something special. It represents four, or five, … Continue reading →

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Testing the ‘C’ boundary

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Dan

> In a daily routine of emails and meetings it was a pleasure to join art teachers and just talk about teaching art and students: like the yr 10 student whose sole expectations from life were “make up, a baby … Continue reading →

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Assessment burdens

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Dan

>A visit to the GCSE exhibition at Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School included an interesting discussion on the amount of work students do in art. We came to no clear conclusions but felt that the assessment burden on teachers and … Continue reading →

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