PsychBLOG.co.uk

Well, it was exactly a month ago when I made the first, tentative post here: The difficult first post… Well, it wasn’t really, this month has been fantastic. I have heard from lots of people from around the world who have sent me resources, links, or just comments about the site. Thank [...]

Recently I remember (well I had to search for it actually, even though I only wrote it three weeks ago) writing:
Blogs aren’t just something that you have to write to make use of them as a teacher; there are hundreds if not thousands of psychology related blogs out there, some useful, some not-so-useful, and reading [...]

So, we have reached the final part in this ‘e-learning resources’ series. Here we will be looking at VLE’s, with my concluding comments and a further reading section with plenty of links to keep you going for a while.
Part 1) The introduction and a look at wiki’s.
Part 2) Forums and Blogs as teaching tools.
Part [...]

From the ATP webiste:
Leicester University 25th Anniversary Conference
Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th July 2007

Many Lectures and Workshops
Exhibition of Books and Teaching Materials
Meetings with Exam Board Officers and Examiners
Meeting for teachers new to the teaching of Psychology
Workshops on the coming (2008) changes in A Level Psychology
A full programme of entertainment
Meet fellow teachers
Special events to commemorate [...]

Something for a rainy day - or just when you’re meant to be doing something else* on the computer. Here is a selection of online psychological tests for you to have a go at. See where you are on the autistic spectrum, take the I5 test, and many-many more.

Similar Minds has loads of [...]

Last time we looked at wikis and how they could be used as a teaching tool or even a form of assessment. For the second part of this series we will be looking at forums and blogs as teaching tools how they can be used and what the pitfalls of each are.
Part 1) The [...]

Ever wondered if you have “Obsessive Maladaptive Hyperactivity Dysfunction (OMHD)? You might have if you display:
OMHD is primarily characterized by relentless, repetitive thoughts and ambitions exacerbated by the aberrant inability to adjust to normal responses or behaviors exaggerated by erratic, highly energetic speech or behavior.
Source: Page 178 of the DSM-IV-FE*
Well you can find out [...]

This is going to be a three piece article over the coming weeks investigating and reviewing the e-learning resources that are available for teachers on the good ‘ol interweb at the moment specifically aimed at psychology teachers.
How it will go:
Part 1) The introduction and a look at wiki’s.
Part 2) Forums and Blogs as teaching tools.
Part [...]

Welcome to psychBlog.co.uk a ‘new-kid-on-the-blog’ so to speak. Here I will be collating and commenting on recent research in psychology which is relevant to teaching and studying for the OCR A Level Psychology course (alongside general rants and musings).
Over the next few days I will be posting quite a few articles that I have [...]