Let’s face it, ‘Interactive Fiction’ sounds so much sexier than… text based adventures. Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, describes simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment, not that dissimilar to the …
Later this summer term together with our learning services team I hope to undertake a short ‘same language subtitles’ reading project at our school. In the first instance, we aim to bring students together during mentor time by invitation. One …
This morning we are exploring Folding Story with Year 10 English Functional Skills students. After a converted effort on writing skills, I felt that the creativity offered by Folding Story would be a fun and a neat end to that …
We used to play this simple English game where stories would be written one line at a time, with only the previous line or two lines available for your inspiration and continuity. With each new line added, a fold hides the previous, resulting in …
3b Unit2: Speaking and Listening We are debating the Pros and Cons of Social Networks in our speaking and listening Controlled Assessment and I want a tool to promote debating skills leading up to the assessment. This was not meant …
The 7a to Hillsborough The first lesson of a new scheme of work. A shiny new Year 7 Scheme of Work and new topic, Narrative Poetry. We had organised a few students transfers and it was on with the work. …
There is a lesson in there somewhere or #TILTS was a tag I used quite a lot last year when trying to create and conceive small units of work around interactive media or ICT tools. Animoto, the fantastic webware tool …
Oneword is a quick fire web tool is quick, simple and self-explanatory. You will see one word at the top of the screen and a timing running at the bottom. Click ‘Go’ and you have sixty seconds to write about …
