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Adam Boxer

@adamboxer1

Jul 27

Lots of people do business, but not everyone does it well!

I read dozens of corporate hagiographies ghostwritten for businessmen (no women, weirdly) so you don't have to, and hear are the several things you need to know 🧵

1. Make good decisions

When confronted with a good decision or a bad decision, make the good decision, because good decisions are better than bad decisions. If you aren't sure what the good decision or the bad decision is, then make the good decision.

2. Have lots of initial funding

It's much easier to build a business when you have lots of money already, so get money from your parents, friends and dead relatives to start you off.

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Adam Boxer

@adamboxer1

Jul 19

Somebody asked about how we use Teams in the department for instant messaging, so I thought I'd do a little thread. Long story short: you should use instant messaging because it will save you time and help your team be more productive. >

@mrbakerphysics

Emails suck. We *never* send emails within the department. They are clunky, slow, annoying to reply to and you have to do this nonsense salutation and sign off.

I'd recommend @mrbakerphysics's blog here for more of the "why". Read on for the "how". >

medium.com/@chrisbakerphy…

Teams allows for channels. This is like an instant filing system, so everybody knows where to find every conversation if they need to look back. These are ours:

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Adam Boxer

@adamboxer1

Jun 20

Lots of discussion around retrieval practice, mutations, Do Now quizzes and the like. Thought I'd chuck in my pennies as I've spent a *long* time neck deep in the research and the classroom applications. READ ON FOR RETREIVAL RECOMMENDATIONS

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First, any time you ask a student a question on content they have learnt in the past and haven't completely forgotten, they're doing retrieval and strengthening their memory of that content. That doesn't mean this is the *sole point* of asking them a question. But it is *a* point

In class, there can be many points to different activities. So asking a question like that is retrieval *and* assessment - i.e. do they know this?

It could also be to check engagement. Skilfully asked questions drive up participation ratio. So at least three reasons already. >

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Adam Boxer

@adamboxer1

May 24

People often tell me that miniwhiteboards are no good for extended writing as you can't read them. I think this is wrong, and a misconception about MWB use. Thread for why >

One purpose of MWBs is assessment: figuring out what the students know. Obviously reading 30 responses is not possible without boring a lot of students. But you can still read a few. And that's more than you'd be able to if they just wrote it in a book. >

In addition, while they are writing you should be circulating. And in that time you can read another seven responses at least. So you can read at least 10 answers in the time that you could do 2 or 3 written in books. >

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Adam Boxer

@adamboxer1

Mar 11

Looks like practicals are being discussed again. Short thread:

If you are going to be doing a practical I *highly* recommend going for a Slow Practical

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wp.me/p8d7zK-Dt

There's a more detailed example here

edu.rsc.org/ideas/practica…

@DrWilkinsonSci

And here by @DrWilkinsonSci wp.me/p4ySNF-3Ta

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Adam Boxer

@adamboxer1

Mar 8

I haven't marked a student's book in over three years.

I haven't written a comment in a student's book in over three years.

I haven't taken students' books home with me in over three years.

In all that time, not a single student has complained. And I flipping love my school.

The difference it's made to my workload and wellbeing is off the charts. It's also a big green flag for

A school that cares about my wellbeing

A school that respects my professional autonomy

A school that is happy to cut the crap

If you are a senior leader, and you are *still* enforcing a rigorous marking regime, take a good look in the mirror. You don't need to do this. There is no evidence to support it. >

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