Passing Comment
No, tech integration isnt the sole solution. It is often the mentality behind the integration. Cory Plough (@mrplough07)
Very Important Letter
Talking of behaviour management strategies. We tried the Very Important Letter a few times in ICT and I hope to re-introduce it next year. Simply, prepare some postcards with the following message. ‘Please thank this student sincerely for delivering this postcard. …
WordPress? Tumblr? Posterous? Joomla?
A few more days into the project and we are faced with the ‘which platform’ decision. WordPress (which I use for my own blog) is IHMO excellent. It provides a wide range of themes, plugins, widgets and more. The initial …
WordPress 3.0 Green Shoots
Next step: Plan the Blog. Blog the Plan! SO here is our first lesson, the terminology has changed. FYI WordPress MU is now WordPress Multisite or MS. A blog is now a site (a blog that a user can signup for) Site …
WordPress 3.0 @ Hamble College
We have been waiting for WordPress 3 with its integrated multi-user function for a short while. Recently released, we are keen to investigate the impact of publishing student work as a motivational incentive. In my short time teaching with Web …
Prezi Delivers Moodle
Explore Prezi and you will find a host of interesting presentations. Here is one I found giving any new ‘Director of Elearning, very thorough overview of the learning platform. Copy of Moodle on Prezi
L4L 2015
Within 13 months we have made netbooks available to students in Years 9, 10 and 11 at Hamble College. The percentage uptake this year has not yet hit 50%, a little disappointing, but we have not received 100% of answers. …
Kizoa
Sharing pictures made easy. Kizoa is a simple, effective slideshow creation tool with collaborative options. It took no more than 5 minutes to create my slideshow. With the freemium model you can create and embed, but you will need a …