by Ian Addison | Nov 1, 2010 | Blogging, blogposts
We’ve been blogging at our school, you may have noticed as I’ve waffled on about it a fair bit, but I saw something today that made me smile and realise how far we’ve come in half a term (plus a day). We have blogs for each class and these are sorted...
by Ian Addison | Oct 30, 2010 | Blogging, blogposts
This post has been a long time coming. I am writing it because some people asked how we started blogging in our school. Now, I am not an expert in this field at all, for that I would hand you over to @mattlovegrove, @johnmclear (from Primary Blogger) or @hgjohn and...
by Ian Addison | Oct 27, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
I wrote in the Summer about my plans for ICT. Now I have been in the school for half a term I have a better knowledge of what is happening and where I would like to go. Currently we have 1 ICT slot a week per class and this is ‘when ICT happens’. This...
by Ian Addison | Oct 20, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Are you in Hampshire and want to come and get some hands-on experience with 2Simple products? We’re hosting a roadshow at my school. Further details are below… Come and join 2Simple at our Autumn Roadshow to view our latest products and to see how they...
by Ian Addison | Oct 16, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
This is a cheeky post I know, but I also know that the people that read my blog or follow me on Twitter are a lovely bunch. On Sunday 24th October, I will be running the Great South Run in aid of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. For those that don’t know, the...
by Ian Addison | Oct 10, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Do you find that you love using video in your school but find it difficult to show it to others? We have that issue as Youtube is blocked and Vimeo recently joined it on the blocked list too. However I was messing about with plugins for our school website and found...
by Ian Addison | Oct 7, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
A little while ago I wrote here and here about sharing websites with children at school. I asked what your homepage was and how could this be used to share the commonly used sites with staff and with children. Many ideas came and went. Speedtile was too limiting for...
by Ian Addison | Oct 3, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
As more and more of what we do is moving online, there comes the problem of logging in and remembering email addresses. I don’t know about you but I probably have 50+ logins to various sites, banks, email accounts or whatever. How can we manage this in the...
by Ian Addison | Sep 30, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
It’s been a busy month. 4 weeks of term have gone and I feel like I haven’t stopped for a second. I know I wrote about my first week, but we have achieved so much more since then. Hardware: There are still a few minor niggles and not all of the software...
by Ian Addison | Sep 28, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I feel compelled to write this blog post as I have been blown away (again) by 2Simple and their amazing customer support and products. My school have signed up for Purple Mash whcih I love and I have been eager to try and use for a while but the logins put me off. The...
