The Blog

Classroom Technology, Pedagogy, Teacher Gifts, Design, Gaming, Tokyo Events

Latest Merch

...

image

Personalized Halloween Gift. Free shipping

image

14 Colors, 3 Styles, Free Shipping

image

16 Colors, 8 Styles, Free Shipping

image

Set of 12, Instant Digital Download

Mr. Tim - Author

image

I am a Teacher from the UK working in Japanese IB Schools - Kindergarten Teacher, Elementary Teacher, Middle School Design / ICT Teacher, Librarian. I created this website, all the artwork, videos and teaching materials within this website, Teachers Pay Teachers, YouTube, and Etsy.

Categories

Flipboard

From the author of The Magic Crayons Blog a Design, Technology and Computing Resources for the IB Flipboard.
Follow for general interest, or specifically if you are teaching are studying MYP Design or Art.

Best Childrens Books of 2020

written by: Mr. Tim
The best 100 childrens books of 2020
Every year a group of over 60 IB International School Librarians in Japan gather to decide which of the best new* books their students
will read as part of the annual Sakura Medal Book Award.
*Published with the last 2 years
Categories

This list naturally lends itself to be a great selection of books for students and parents to read at home during the COVID-19 Outbreak
Read more...

Books

Tips for Taking Photos of Products for your Teachers Pay Teachers Store

written by: Mr. Tim
How to take better photos for Teachers Pay Teachers Store
As the video / IT / web guy at my school I get asked this quite a bit - Any Tips for Taking Photos of my products that I’m selling in Teachers Pay Teachers?

Firstly, you’ll be happy to know you can easily improve the quality of your photos with a little effort rather than a large expense.

The camera on your phone is just fine :-) smart phone cameras are remarkably good.

Turn off the flash for more even lighting. Turn up the brightness of the screen (I have mine turned down during the day to conserve batter), and connect to a mains power supply so that the phone doesn’t go…
Read more...

Teachers Pay Teachers

Over 25 Ways To Ask Your Kids - So how was school today? Without asking them - So how was school today?

written by: Mr. Tim
25 Ways To Ask Your Kids So how was school today
I think I will pass some of these on to the parents of my students. I'm sure some think we just sing Frozen songs in class all day.

The list is great but a few stands out for me are:

• What was the best thing that happened at school today?
• Tell me something that made you laugh today.
• How did you help somebody today?
• If you got to be the teacher tomorrow what would you do?
• Tell me a weird word that you heard today.
• Tell me one thing that you…
Read more...

Pedagogy

How to recycle old library books

written by: Mr. Tim
book art book recycling clare youngs
Book Art: Creative ideas to transform your books into decorations, stationery, display scenes, and more.

Book Art by Clare Youngs

Tips

Speaking from experience I recommend you take care where you leave this book. You do not want to encourage younger students to go home and cut up books without asking their parents first. Also, be very clear in your library about which books may be recycled into crafts !
Read more...

Books, Librarians

Luke's Way of Looking by Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley

written by: Mr. Tim
Lukes Way of Looking introductory video
“What a brilliant video. I couldn't have hoped for a better response to mine and Nadia's book - Luke's Way of Looking. Thanks so much” Matt Ottley (YouTube comment!)

This high quality multimodal text / video introduces the ideas behind Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley's delightful Luke's Way of Looking. It is designed for Years 1 and 2 but equally suited for ages 5 to 10 and up. I suggest setting this video to watch as flipped classroom homework, or use in class as a way into the book.
Potential enquiry questions include:

• Does everyone look the same?
• Do we all see things the same way?
• What do people think of you?
• How do you…
Read more...

Books

Previous Page  Page 2 / 10  Next Page

The Magic Crayons Etsy Store

Personalized Gifts for Students and Teachers