by Ian Addison | Dec 28, 2010 | blogposts, Personal
It’s nearly that time of year again. We all start looking back at the past and start looking forward to a new start. Last year, Chris Ratcliffe, Bill Lord and a couple of others joined me in a challenge where we weighed ourselves each week and posted the results...
by Ian Addison | Dec 23, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
It’s that time of year again. Bett is nearly here. There are many things happening this year and I will blog about those later but for now, I am focussing on Teachmeet. This year, there are a number of us organising various parts of it and it is a totally...
by Ian Addison | Dec 21, 2010 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
Have you ever noticed that as ICT coordinator you are responsible for a million things around school? The VLE, blogs, website, microphones, cameras, laptops, photocopier(?) and oh yeah, the ICT curriculum. Regular readers will know I’m trying to improve ICT...
by Ian Addison | Dec 19, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
The more I think about it, the more I think I’m not normal. Last day of term, what would a normal teacher do? Put on a DVD and enjoy it. How much thought goes into the choice of film? Probably very little, maybe a vote from the kids and you’re done. Me? Oh...
by Ian Addison | Dec 8, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
Do you teach the children how to make a presentation in your school? I don’t mean ‘how to make a Powerpoint’, but actually how to present. I wanted the children to be able to present information to an audience and I write this a week before the final...
