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28 April 2017 | Created by: Lucy Jackson Category: Twig World News

Reach Out Reporter wins again!

Building on its success from the ERA’s, we have yet more great news for our topical news service, Reach Out Reporter. At the 2017 Learning on Screen Awards, Reach Out Reporter scooped up the Education Multimedia Award.  Designed to showcase innovative educational media …
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25 April 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: Education

What can we learn from teachers around the world?

Whether we like standardised assessments or not, tests like PISA have come to be regarded as an accurate reflection of a country's progress. Education, after all, shapes a country, along with its future leaders and scientists. Over the years, various …
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18 April 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: Science

Who is accountable for our space junk?

Recent news reports on space debris – the remains of various space crafts that either imploded on their own or collided with another satellite – show that “millions of pieces of human-made trash are now orbiting the Earth.” Satellite technology …
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12 April 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: Science

Painting the world purple and blue: why you should consider becoming a colour chemist

We don’t often associate chemistry with fame and fortune, but in 1856, William Perkin discovered both after accidentally formulating the colour purple.
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11 April 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: NGSS

Why NGSS? Why it’s important for science education

American schools had been following the National Science Education Standards from the National Research Council (NRC) and Benchmarks for Science Literacy from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to teach science in the classroom.
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05 April 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: Education

Virtual Learning with Mark Ellis

We believe in working in partnership with teachers, rather than just delivering a product, we have our very own Mark Ellis speaking at the COBIS Annual Conference, focusing specifically on how schools and educators can get the best out of …
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27 March 2017 | Created by: Lucy Jackson Category: Tigtag

Tigtag CLIL shortlisted for British Council ELTons innovation award

Tigtag CLIL has been shortlisted in the Innovation in teacher resources category at the British Council ELTons awards!
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24 March 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: NGSS

What is Three Dimensional Learning?

NGSS was initially conceived in an effort to improve what the results of the 2012 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) scores showed: the US was ranked 27th in science. Recent years, and indeed the latest PISA results, have only …
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23 March 2017 | Created by: Ishita Mandrekar Category: Science

How STEM subjects help us develop the skills and thinking that make a better citizen

Science education today is mainly dictated by the STEM crisis and standardised tests. Educators and administrators are often pushed to teach according to curriculum dictates, training students for standardised assessments in order to catch them up with students of other …
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20 March 2017 | Created by: Lucy Jackson Category: Science

Reach Out Reporter receives its first award

As you may have seen on social media over the weekend, Twig World and Imperial College London were representing at the Educational Resource Awards 2017, hosted at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham.  We are thrilled to announce that of our two finalist nominations, …
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