by Ian Addison | Jun 14, 2010 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
This wasn’t the blog post I had planned to write, but three emails in a few days have got me thinking. What would you buy for your primary school if you were looking to improve ICT? This is a question I will be asking myself in the coming weeks as I move to a...
by Ian Addison | Jun 4, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
It has been mentioned on this blog before about the changes we made to Teachmeet during the recent tmhants event and I believe this is another first (although maybe it isn’t). We collected email addresses from all that arrived at tmhants and used this to send...
by Ian Addison | Jun 2, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Have you ever heard of augmented reality?Wikipedia describes it here. My description would be that you can hold up a camera or phone, usually pointing it at a symbol and then you can see things on your screen. Once you print out the symbol, it looks like the webcam is...
by Ian Addison | Jun 2, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
Teachmeet is changing. Developing. Moving Forward. Evolving. Now, for those of you reading this in Hampshire, it may surprise you, but there are feelings that TeachMeet has reached saturation point in the UK and that it isn’t working in some cases. A selection...
by Ian Addison | May 23, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
After discussing the event as a whole here, I thought I should talk about the high quality of the presentations from all involved. They were truly amazing. Sometimes at TeachMeets, there can be talks that are a bit weaker than others and some that might not be...
by Ian Addison | May 22, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Wow.What a night. After the drama of losing 5 presenters in 3 days, the signup sheet breaking and losing 20people, worrying if anyone would show and if it would all work, we went and had the best night possible. Let’s start with negatives, I forgot to press...
by Ian Addison | May 19, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
So…how’s everything going with just 1 day to go? The goody bags have all arrived and have been sorted. There’s a lot of stuff inside the bags, some of it is information, catalogues and leaflets, but most of it is free stuff! So let’s take a...
by Ian Addison | May 17, 2010 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
Who ever said organising a TeachMeet was easy? It looks fairly straightforward doesn’t it? Pick a venue, advertise it, get people to present. Well, let me tell you, it’s a completely different matter! It all started back at TeachMeet Bett when I turned to...
by Ian Addison | May 16, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Apologies for the awful title… Just a quick post about Flip Video cameras, they’re fantastic. Very quick and easy to use and run on AA batteries. There are a multitude of different versions now including HD. The one I’ve been using is the basic...
by Ian Addison | May 12, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
This morning I went to Winchester University. It’s the 4th time I’ve been there in the past two years and I love it. It makes me feel nervous and I think that can only be a good thing! The main reason for visiting is to show the county VLE, Studywiz. This...
