by Ian Addison | Jan 6, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I had a meeting today to discuss the launch of a newsletter for children in school. But the meeting wasn’t with staff, but with 3children who had asked if we could set one up. I think I’ve become the person that says yes… So we had a meeting, planned...
by Ian Addison | Jan 3, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Just a quick post to share an idea that I’ve stolen magpied from a fellow teacher. I have asked and she is fine for me to do so and I am not claiming this to be my own idea at all. I am just taking it and developing it.I will link back to her work when this idea...
by Ian Addison | Jan 1, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, ICT Planning
I’ve been planning some KS1 ICT today. I’m not a KS1 expert at all, I teach 1 morning a week of KS1, but a few things have made my life a lot easier and I thought I’d share them with you to see if it might help when you plan next time. There are...
by Ian Addison | Dec 31, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Here goes, it’s that time when you look forward to all things new and we set ourselves some targets…so here are mine. I guess I should start with school. So where do I see my school in a year’s time? We’ve made huge changes in the past term...
by Ian Addison | Dec 30, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I wrote last year about my predictions and plans for 2010 and looking back, it seemed like I only planned for the first few months of the year! I talked about Bett, which is always a highlight, our Hampshire VLE conference and the need to look for another job. All...
by Ian Addison | Dec 30, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
Just a short post after my previous efforts in the past few days. As you must all know, I am a massive fan of Teachmeets and they are a great way of sharing ideas. One problem though is that you get a lot of information thrown at you very quickly. Another is that they...
by Ian Addison | Dec 29, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
This is the third of three pre-Bett posts I have planned. The first is about Teachmeet at Bett and the second is a beginner’s guide to Bett. This post is about the underground side to Bett. The bits they don’t want you to know about. The exciting bits....
by Ian Addison | Dec 29, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
This is the second of three posts about Bett 2011. The first was about Teachmeet and the third is about the other underground events that you can find. This post is a beginner’s guide to Bett. I’m sure there are others out there, but here are mine. Before...
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...
