Im Sorry
Delicious autoposting is autoposting every hour. I have left a comment in the forum and have deactivated the autoposting….. only as Delicious forum highlighted, this had no effect. I am sorry.
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Lulled by Hans
In this presentation Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine as the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution. Do not be lulled by Hans Rosling mischief. One of the most persuasive presenters amongst the TED heavyweight, he is …
Licorize
To date I have tools I use ever day as a professional educator. RSS (Google Reader), Delicious (Social Bookmarking), Twitter (well Twitter), YouTube and Flickr (Social Images). This is my ‘everyday,’ or every few days at least. Receiving, sharing, tagging, …
2011 Abacus
Does anyone use an abacus in schools these days? I thought I might be surprised by the answer so, just to cover the bases, here is a fully working PowerPoint 2010 Abacus. [qr_codes_display] Available here: Abacus
ipadio: Eastleigh Consortium Reflections
Listen to my latest phonecast CPD training. The collaborative model applied by Eastleigh Consortium to our training event today was is impressive considering the £14 per delegate (£6 lunch) budget. I am now left with a few questions? How will the feedback …
Technology for Learning
This morning I am heading to Wildern School as part of the Eastleigh Consortium training day. Here, I am presenting a short workshop, introducing teachers to available technology to accelerate their own learning, to collect, collate and use information and …
Swallow, Spit and Chew?
The curriculum we have is a ‘swallow’ and then ‘spit it out’ later curriculum. What we need, is a ‘chew on this’ curriculum. This is not an exact quote but a paraphrasing of one of Mike Walters answers from a …
Better Learning Rates for SOME…
So I created the Moodle games and set the Year 7 students at ’em. At the start of the lesson, these young students were informed that ‘we’ were embarking on a learning experiment. I explained that I had created a …