Forgotten Gems
‘You can only improve your teaching by changing it.’ CPD in a can. That is how I referenced Geoff Petty’s website the teacherstoolbox. This is the first place I came across Hattie, across PAR and someone with an endearing passion …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Music is the Alive and CC
The audio interference during last weekends conversation was Spotify. A cross between iTunes and early Napster, Spotify allows you to access millions of free and legal music while sharing your taste. You don’t own the tracks or download them, you …
ICT
Two quotes to impact upon my thinking tonight; ICT needs to be given high status, both by the government and in individual schools, in line with its importance to young people’s future economic well-being – Chief inspector of schools Christine …
Carni'vle'
No its not a typo, but an idea, a concept to draw teaching and teachers onto the vle with a collective purpose. Over a beer, Mark Hellen helped me conceive a whole school teaching project that might give the vle …
ICT Tools for Future Teachers Workshop
This past weekend I accepted an invitation to attend an ICT CPD, commissioned by BECTA and hosted by Marilyn Leask at Brunel University (Prof of Education). Described as a ‘workshop reviewing what ICT tools teachers find effective now, and what …
SIMS Learning Gateway
Hamble College are one of the pilot schools for the Hampsire SIMS Learning Gateway (SLG) project. In all honesty, it could be the straw that broke the camels bac but I did not think it was something we could miss …
Power to the Poster
Take just 5 minutes to find just one poster to share with your students. All the hard/creative work has been done for you, what is your excuse now? Power to the Poster is a website that shares a ready supply …
ICTAC –
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi I recently read an article about ICTAC coordinators and the coercive skills they require. I like Gandhi’s interpretation of the situation.