by Ian Addison | May 1, 2012 | blogposts, Hardware, Playbook
We went to the Kidsmeet event last week and I know I haven’t blogged about that yet, but I was asked many questions throughout the afternoon. Some were about Google Apps, so many in fact that I held an impromptu discussion with 10-15 people about it, but another...
by Ian Addison | Apr 29, 2012 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I tweeted about a little project that I was involved in and now I have some time to write a bit more about it…so here goes. I couple of weeks ago, I saw a few tweets from @7puzzle aka Paul Godding. These were number challenges that were being shared each day...
by Ian Addison | Apr 21, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I use screencasts all of the time, mainly on Under Ten Minutes (www.undertenminutes.com) to record how-to videos for a variety of different tools. I usually use Camtasia as I have used it for a number of years and I also have a full license. I love Camtasia and the...
by Ian Addison | Apr 14, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I am writing a guide for Primary Teachers and I am including a short section to showcase some websites that they might find useful. This does not include blogs as there is a separate section for teacher blogs. These could be sites that help with lesson planning,...
by Ian Addison | Apr 1, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
This post is a response to Chris Leach’s invitation to write 500 words about Rethinking the ICT curriculum. Others including Miles Berry and @grumbledook have also blogged their thoughts. Chris is also hosting an event where we can come together to share ideas...
by Ian Addison | Mar 26, 2012 | Blogging, blogposts
Today seems to be a day for thinking towards the future… We’ve been blogging now for 18months and some children have asked about setting their own blogs up. Now we have class blogs and some children have access to write on these. We also have the...
by Ian Addison | Mar 26, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Ok, so it’s sunny outside..that means some blue sky thinking. I think. I’m thinking about a scheme similar to ones running in many secondary schools already where pupils can buy/lease a device by paying monthly over a number of years. In my mind, netbooks...
by Ian Addison | Mar 21, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Following on from the session a few weeks ago that looked at Google Apps, we have repeated the webinar. These webinars were in conjunction with Vital ICT and they have also been recorded. If you have any Google Apps related questions, feel free to get in touch. Click...
by Ian Addison | Mar 19, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Some people say that Wikipedia contains a lot of nonsense and that some of the stuff on there just isn’t true. But did you know that there are teams of people who go through and check it for accuracy? Here’s an interesting graphic that was shared with me....
by Ian Addison | Mar 17, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
In our maths lessons we are trying to include more problem solving opportunities. The idea is having a range of one-off stand-alone lessons that can be done with mixed ability classes on any area of maths. Ideally starting with year 3-4 (7-9 year olds). This will also...
