AI: It Doesn’t Do What You Think It Does I experimented with AI when it was in its awkward adolescent years, made all the mistakes that everyone else made, decided it was a waste of time and moved on. What did I try? The same as you did. The miraculous time-saving things we were toldContinue reading “What Can AI Do in the Drama Classroom? Part 1: Interpreting Character.”
Category Archives: Teaching
Cognitive Load and Drama
I’ve just downloaded the second edition of Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t Children Like School? to Kindle, and after a busy couple of months feel like I should deal with something that’s been on my mind for a while: cognitive load theory. A little while ago I attended an online presentation by Guy Claxton, promoting hisContinue reading “Cognitive Load and Drama”
Mini Whiteboards
Using Mini Whiteboards for whole-class response, retrieval practice and catch-up learning. The two things I like best about this mini whiteboard technique are: a) You have a good chance of discovering which students got the correct answer through a lucky guess.b) Even students who missed the learning you’re checking for can participate and learn theContinue reading “Mini Whiteboards”
International School Drama 