by Ian Addison | May 25, 2013 | blogposts, Google Apps
As a Google Apps Certified Trainer, I often get questions about how we have used Google Apps or how we have managed the rollout within school so I thought it would be sensible to share some of the questions I have been asked recently and a few answers too. Feel free...
by Ian Addison | May 18, 2013 | blogposts, Curriculum, Useful Sites/Software
There are many tools that people get shown either via Twitter or at a Teachmeet and then they sit on the “to-do” list for ages. I know loads of people who haven’t got around to trying differentt ools for one reason or another. Voicethread is on my...
by Ian Addison | May 17, 2013 | blogposts, Curriculum
Earlier this year, I spent some time working with Rising Stars to create an online CPD course aimed at improving the use of ICT across the Primary curriculum. I realised that I hadn’t blogged about this yet and thought it sensible to share it. The course is...
by Ian Addison | Apr 24, 2013 | Blogging, blogposts, Google Apps, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, Learning Platforms
**This isn’t all finished yet, but I’ve been asked to post my progress so far – it also gives chance for feedback!** This post was started because many schools in Hampshire are looking for ways in which they can remove their VLE and use an...
by Ian Addison | Mar 26, 2013 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I don’t know why it came to me so late, but this morning I had an idea. Why not stream our concert live to the world? Today was our Listen to Me concert which is the culmination of a term’s music tuition from Hampshire Music Service. They give us weekly...
by Ian Addison | Mar 23, 2013 | blogposts, Google Apps
Following on from Part 1 which looked at registering and setting up the domain for Google Apps, this post will discuss how to configure your domain to get it up and running. Click on a link below to open a Google Document that can then be downloaded or printed as...
by Ian Addison | Feb 28, 2013 | blogposts, Curriculum
Today I attended the Westminster Forum to discuss the new Computing Curriculum. Details of the sessions are here. My brief was to present for 5 minutes on the new curriculum and to see if it was fit for purpose. My question is, what was the purpose? If the purpose is...
by Ian Addison | Feb 25, 2013 | blogposts, Curriculum
A few weeks ago I asked for feedback regarding the planned changes to the KS1/2 ICT Curriculum. Here are the responses. I have removed names from the survey. Click here to open the results.
by Ian Addison | Feb 16, 2013 | Blogging, blogposts
Over two years ago, I wrote a blogging post giving some ideas for schools to get started and with the news that Posterous is closing, it makes sense to look at this and see if it is all still relevant. I must declare an interest in that I was a Blogger user, but moved...
by Ian Addison | Feb 11, 2013 | blogposts, Curriculum, Useful Sites/Software
After our success last week with videos for news reports, we have looked to other ways of editing and playing with video online. Offline we were fairly limited to an old version of Windows Movie Maker, but on the web, we suddenly have loads of (free!!) tools to pick...
