BBC Click (after)

by | Jun 4, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts

I wrote the previous blog post before I’d seen BBC Click so I thought it I’d blog after I’ve seen it too. I think that Peter Price (@peprice) has done an amazing job and I am very pleased with how it has come out. The whole story is about the problem...

ICT plans

by | Jun 1, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Planning

I have written a couple of time (here for example) about the ICT curriculum. It is a difficult subject and the more I speak to teachers the more I am thinking about what I want to do and what needs to be done. In my school I want a cutting-edge curriculum with website...

Teachmeet Hants

by | May 28, 2011 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT

I’ve been thinking about Teachmeets in Hampshire (and beyond). I love the format but I want to make it easier for people to organise and share their Teachmeets events. The current TM wiki can be complicated to use for some people and I wanted to provide a...

Google Apps Workshop

by | May 28, 2011 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT

I am delighted to announce that we will be hosting 2 Google Apps workshops at my school in July. These workshops are aimed at people who are maybe thinking of using Google Apps within their school and want to get an overview of the tools available. Even if you are not...

BBC Click (before)

by | May 27, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts

About 2 weeks ago I got a message from Mr Thorne (off of the brilliant Mr Thorne Does Phonics) asking if I would be able to speak to a journalist about programming in the classroom. Of course I would! So I had a great chat with Peter Price (@peprice) from BBC Click...

Keep on Running…

by | May 22, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts

Just a quick post today. I’ve setup a fund-raising page for my running efforts this year. I’ve avoided Just Giving as Virgin Money gives more to charity which is a good thing. This year I have 5 runs (6 if you count the Chichester 10k back in January) so I...

Email for children

by | May 8, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts

This post is to gauge opinion really. I was running an e-safety session for a school this week and a parent of a year 3 child asked about setting them up with an email address. They asked if there was a way in which they could see all emails that the child...

Updating Google Apps

by | May 7, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff

Just a quick post about updates really. It’s weird, I spent two years training teachers to use the VLE in Hampshire and we had to test updates thoroughly, schedule them to happen during holidays just in case something went wrong. We also had to update all...

Manga High goes free

by | May 4, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts

This is a bit of an odd post, I’ve been asked to write it but then I am still only doing it because I think it could be a good resource. Manga High (www.mangahigh.com) is now free. I’m not sure what the catch is, but I have just registered 200 children...