{"id":12525,"date":"2013-05-23T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T10:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=12525"},"modified":"2013-05-23T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T10:31:59","slug":"secondary-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2013\/05\/23\/secondary-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently been focusing on improving student learning resources and have invested in Questia and Brainpop. Questia is a powerful online library of ebooks and electronic articles that supports teaching and study and is of the appropriate level for our students. Brainpop is a learning site that offers\u00a0 hundreds of mini animations on lots of topics that directly support our curriculum. It is a fun and excellent way to learn and enables students to study and learn at home and be true inquirers. We have also been updating the iPads for next year&#8217;s students and this process will take several weeks to complete. Each machine is carefully prepared with application and programmes based on what they will be studying next year. Go to <cite>www.brainpop.com<\/cite><i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i> log in: abisoman\u00a0 password: sohar123 if you would like to have a play and look.<\/p>\n<p>One major area of focus for students right now is study skills.\u00a0 Grade 10 have nearly completed their iGCSE exams and Grade 8 and 9 will soon have end of year exams and so there has been a special focus on &#8216;how&#8217; we learn.\u00a0 I am giving sessions on the neuroscience of learning with every grade level, as it is an area of personal interest to me and an area that I view as essential knowledge. There are many fascinating facts resulting from the scientific research, which has shown that people can make their memories much more powerful through a number of techniques called mnemonics. We are also dedicating time to showing students &#8216;how&#8217; to put a revision schedule together and &#8216;how&#8217; to study effectively and will continue to reinforce this each and every school year.<\/p>\n<p>Have a relaxing weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Leo Thompson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2013\/05\/secondary-update\/screen-shot-2013-05-23-at-14-19-07\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12526\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12526 lazyload\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-05-23 at 14.19.07\" data-src=\"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-23-at-14.19.07.png\" width=\"683\" height=\"634\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-23-at-14.19.07.png 683w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-23-at-14.19.07-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-23-at-14.19.07-600x556.png 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/634;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently been focusing on improving student learning resources and have invested in Questia and Brainpop. 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