by Ian Addison | Aug 15, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
How do you share websites with staff, children and parents? I’m not thinking of Delicious and having hundreds of sites, that is step two on my plan. I’m talking about common/everyday sites such as Google, ThinkUKnow, Purple Mash etc. I want these available...
by Ian Addison | Aug 13, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, UKEdchat
As posted yesterday, this week’s UKedchat looked at ways to engage with parents. The discussion was even better than expected with loads of people joining in to share their ideas, concerns and strategies with the masses. We even extended the discussion by...
by Ian Addison | Aug 13, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the launch of the Vital Primary ICT group. This can be found here: . The main aim of the group is to provide an area in which Primary ICT Coordinators can chat, learn and share resources and tips that will be useful to them in their...
by Ian Addison | Aug 12, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I love Twitter. You may have gathered that if you are a regular reader! One of the huge powers of using Twitter is to crowd source. This involves someone chucking out an idea, letting others add to it, watching it develop into a monster and then bringing it all...
by Ian Addison | Aug 12, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, UKEdchat
Tonight sees a change to the usual #ukedchat. Usually there is a vote and we try to decide which topic is most worthy of discussion. But this week I’m in charge, so no vote this time. Last time I moderated, I suggested parental engagement as a topic but it...
by Ian Addison | Aug 10, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
One of my jobs this summer is to re-plan the ICT curriculum at my new school. This wasn’t a job I was given, but one I asked to do instead. It might sound crazy asking for more work, but I felt it would be better to have an overall view of ICT across the school...
by Ian Addison | Aug 6, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
This is the first time that someone else has shared an idea via my blog and it is great to see someone else willing to share ideas. This message comes from Nick Phillips and he originaly sent it to the ICT Primary mailing list here in Hampshire, with his permission, I...
by Ian Addison | Aug 5, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, ICT Cluster, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, ICT Mark
I’m currently writing an ICT action plan for my new school. I’ve visited there for about 5/6 days in the past term and am starting to become more familiar with it so I know the sorts of ICT that are in place at the moment and I also know where I’d...
by Ian Addison | Jul 30, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT, General Thoughts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, Learning Platforms
I’m writing this on the train on the way back from #gtauk – the Google Teacher Academy. It’s 9pm and I’m shattered but buzzing. There are so many different things that I could blog about, and I will, but for now it’s the toughest one. NOTE – Although written on...
by Ian Addison | Jul 30, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT, General Thoughts
Wow. I want to reflect. I want to share what I learnt. I want to go and have a play with the tools. But where to begin? The Google Teacher Academy is CPD like I’ve never seen before. My training courses can be quick, but nothing like this. We covered things in...
