by Ian Addison | Mar 13, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I have been asked to demonstrate my effectiveness and the ways in which I support others with professional development. So I thought I would ask the people that I work with and support every day. Of course these people also support me too, but you know what I mean....
by Ian Addison | Mar 9, 2012 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
This post is a bit of an update to one that I wrote almost two years ago, about a tool called Zooburst. Then it was in Alpha stages and to sign-up you needed to be approved and it took a while, now this is an instant process and works in seconds. Before I get to the...
by Ian Addison | Mar 2, 2012 | blogposts, Learning Platforms, Useful Sites/Software
With all the talk of the Google Teacher Academy and Google Apps bouncing around recently, many people have been very excited. However many others have been left confused by how Google Apps can help in their school or what it even is! So in association with Vital, I...
by Ian Addison | Feb 28, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Today I tried another Twitter lesson (here was another attempt). As PPA teacher I often don’t find out what I’m doing until the day before and this was no exception. As part of the literacy in Year 3-4 they were looking at writing newspaper reports based...
by Ian Addison | Feb 8, 2012 | blogposts, Just Useful to Know
I’ve been thinking for a while now that I do loads online and it’s only when I speak to people that I realise not everyone is the same. I am well known in my family for being the person that can get a deal and this isn’t in the Delboy sort of way, I...
by Ian Addison | Jan 29, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
As you may have heard, I am aiming to run 1000 miles this year. This started as a silly idea but when I mentioned it to other people, they seemed to like it…so now there are a number of people attempting the challenge too. Throughout the year there will a number...
by Ian Addison | Jan 28, 2012 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, my children were interviewed by the legend that is Russell Prue while they were at the BETT show. This interview was done without any preparation and they were amazing (as always). I thought I’d share the link, it’s a ten...
by Ian Addison | Jan 28, 2012 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
So this was my first trip to the Learning without Frontiers festival/conference and I didn’t really know what to expect. I had seen tweets from last year’s event and it seemed to be something that I would be a fool to miss. But with the very expensive ticket price and...
by Ian Addison | Jan 23, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
On Wednesday this week I am taking part in a debate with Steve Wheeler, Dughall McCormick and Drew Buddy to discuss our feelings around VLEs/Learning Platforms. This debate is entitled ‘The VLE is Dead’ and is being held at the Learning Without Frontiers...
by Ian Addison | Jan 23, 2012 | blogposts, General Thoughts
As you may have noticed, lots of schools have started getting children involved in the training of staff and in the day-to-day workings of ICT throughout the school. We have a group of children called Digital Leaders and I know many other schools do too. We have...
