by Ian Addison | Sep 26, 2010 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, Useful Sites/Software
How do you report an ICT problem in your school? Is there a book? Do you email the tech? Or…do you grab the ICT coordinator as they walk down the corridor/start their lesson? In my new school we have had significant investment recently and there are small issues...
by Ian Addison | Sep 19, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Today I have got myself sorted and written a guide on Facebook security for our school website. It’s one of those jobs I’ve been putting off but today I bit the bullet and went for it. I’m in a primary school and the Facebook age limit is 13, so I...
by Ian Addison | Sep 13, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I was convinced I had blogged about this before, but I couldn’t find it so I’m doing it now. With our YEar 1s this week we’ve been looking at Poisson Rouge, this is a fantastic website that children love and some adults can’t stand. Why? There...
by Ian Addison | Sep 11, 2010 | About Me, blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
Wow…talk about a baptism of fire! I’m writing this after the first week in my new role. It’s been a crazy, scary, exciting, tiring week. First, a bit of context. As some of you will know. I’ve been out of the class for two years. I’ve...
by Ian Addison | Sep 8, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
This isn’t a blog post about my first few days at my new school, I;m going to wait until Friday to review the week, this is just a short one about the little ‘uns. When I was training teachers on how to use the VLE, I used to constantly hear them say...
by Ian Addison | Sep 5, 2010 | Blogging, blogposts
Weirdly, it will take me longer to write this blog post than it did to actually start, plan and finish my latest project! Oh well… @charliedeane has a class bear. Last year he had some adventures with Charlie’s class and the children and parents wrote...
by Ian Addison | Sep 5, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
On the last day of term I set out my ambitions for the school holiday. I thought it only right that I be brave and share my progress with you too. Below I have reposted my targets and then in italics I have made notes about how well (or badly) I think I did! *School...
by Ian Addison | Sep 5, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Ok, so you’ve got a Twitter account. You’ve got Facebook. Your class have a blog. Your school has a website. Oh and don’t forget the VLE as well. That’s potentially a lot of places to be writing information. But let’s not forget the...
by Ian Addison | Aug 18, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
Yes, I know. It’s the summer holidays, but still teachers all over the place are still learning, still sharing and still thinking about ways to improve their teaching. Twitter has been buzzing all summer with ideas and yesterday, teachers descended on...
by Ian Addison | Aug 15, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
This follows on from today’s earlier post asking which sites people use… Quick question…what page do the children see when they load the internet in your school? Here in Hampshire, the default site on a network installed by county is this one:...
