Fischer Family Trust
Sitting in on CLT, its clear I need to spend some time (not sure when) reading and processing our FFT data can be used in schools. I know it will feature in my assessment of the L4L project and whether …
Moodle Needs Sun, Water and Time
Moodle Champions CPD This afternoon we had our second Skoogle CPD session. More than anything staff across the school need a) the time to spend on developing the resources and activities within their courses and b) to witness the benefits …
Powder Toy
We have been fully booked every lunchtime this week. Year 7 boys hurtling across the playground, storming the stairway, one hand clutching the handle of a barely used rucksack, the other hand, a half eaten sandwich. But I just don’t get the attraction …
Leading from the Middle Twlight
Arrived at the Marriot Meon Valley Hotel at 4:30 fully loaded on Nurofen to help suppress the flu. I was there in body if not in spirit. The warm autumn evening and rural setting immediately raised my expectations. Thoughtful, light snacks as …
For My Good Friend Gideon
Gideon does not know it yet, but this post is for him. His desktop is impressively muddled. Bring forward the offical release of Fences, a very simple desktop icon organizer. Fences is a freeware application, Windows only. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSTnuRSKymw]
Netbooks Update
A brief summary. One of the difficulties in over seeing the netbook project is that I do not teach a subject that requires netbooks. So I asked our e-resources manager to visit a range of Yr 10 lesson and see the …
Learning Revolution
I was reading ’16 Ways To Win £25k And Change Informal Learning In The UK’ on Ewan McIntosh’s blog and stopped to consider our learning responsibilities. It does frustrate me that we have such wonderful IT services here at Hamble College and …
Markee
Is this a gimmick or can it real application in classrooms? Markee™ is a ‘Dry Erase Paint.’ Apply 8 to 10 thin coats of MarkeeExpo paint and the surfce is just like a dry-wipe board? Is it that easy? Can the …