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...
by Ian Addison | Dec 3, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Prezi – You must be 18 years old – or, if the age of majority in your state or province is greater than 18 years, such age of majority in your state or province – or have obtained the consent of your parent or guardian to use the Prezi Service Voicethread...
by Ian Addison | Dec 2, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
It’s snowing. You may have noticed. All across the country schools are closed and teachers are going to enjoy a day off. But how does your school inform the parents? Many schools this morning had trouble getting to the LA website for school closures as it was...
by Ian Addison | Nov 24, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Copyright. It’s important isn’t it? How many of you understand it? How many ‘normal’ teachers understand it? How many children have a clue? I could share my ideas on copyright, but I wouldn’t want to get on a stage and do it. I might be...
by Ian Addison | Nov 21, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Yet again Twitter has helped out. We are holding a Maths evening for parents this week and each year team are going to be sharing ideas to support parents and encourage the use of Maths at home. Now, being a PPA teacher, I didn’t want to be left out so I...
by Ian Addison | Nov 14, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Tomorrow I’m off to a school that has some DSis, Wiis and Ipod touches to do a bit of staff training. Now normally when I’m training people or presenting I am doing it because I know the subject matter inside out and I don’t need to prepare too much....
by Ian Addison | Nov 11, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Here is my video presentation looking at how to search with Google. This video was for Teachmeet Sheffield but I hope you find it useful.
by Ian Addison | Nov 8, 2010 | Blogging, blogposts
Yet another blogging post, it seems to be taking over at the moment but in a very good way. This week’s challenge was to see how children could get access to blog. I know Adam has been blogging, and that is fine for one child, but i want all of Year 5-6 to have...
