Animation at a STEM Day
I am a big fan of animation work, on so many levels; the creativity, the storyboarding and sequencing, refining and adapting, to name the first few that spring to mind and I was really pleased to see an animation session …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Wellington Academy Visioning Day
Wellington Academy Visioning Day – it was a real privilege to facilitate an ICT visioning day with colleagues from Wellington Academy, reinventing, or at least repackaging, ICT under an Enterprise banner. Given a ‘blue sky canvas, we framed with day with three …
Data man
Learning is not a place, it’s an activity. – Andreas Schleicher. So, an interest TED post, let’s hope we can watch the talk. You can’t copy and paste education systems wholesale, but there are a range of shared factors,” Scheicher …
IF is a big word – it’s just literature
Why should IF be considered by English Departments? Many thanks to the delegates in the workshops at #CASWales12 for really exploring this question with me, it was a topic of debate in both sessions. The simple answer is that it …
Thinking IF and language
Now, I know, you know, that I know, that IF has considerable educational potential but unless I leave my job and pursue the research full time I am going to find it tough get beyond the anecdotal evidence which I could …
Google World Wonders Project
Don’t spend time reading here, when you can find all you need at Google World Wonders Project. Some of the world’s most beautiful and historic places Search by destinations (North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia) or by theme. “Explore this site …
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Games as education has always been a passion of mine. Where playing is the learning. It is really hard to get right but I really think Crayon Physics Deluxe has nailed it, although I appreciate I am not a Science specialist …
#CASWales12
A three hour drive home from Swansea was almost, just about enough time to fit all the piece of the #CASWales12 experience together. My overriding impression is that the CAS Wales community, fronted by Dr Tom Crick and Technocamps, supported by many enthusiastic and committed contributors, …