To be free or not be free?

So, a few weeks ago I wrote about the launch of www.undertenminutes.com which is a video site with videos in er…under ten minutes. The response has been amazing and there have been 11,700 pages displayed and 3,400 unique visits in just 19 days. Which is great....

Even bears need a holiday

I wrote a little while ago about an idea that I had. My idea was to copy someone else’s idea and to change it a bit. I did ask permission first and was told it was fine to do so… The idea was from @mrsbee12 and she sends her Kiwi bird, Trevor, to other...

Going old school

I’ve been thinking about ICT, it’s kinda what I do as ICT coordinator, but I’ve been thinking a bit bigger. I love the exciting projects such as green screening, rolling out Google Apps or testing QR codes, but I was wondering if there was something...

Blogging with children

I originally wrote this article to appear in the Spring edition of User Friendly, Hampshire’s ICT magazine. As the magazine has now appeared in schools, I thought it would be a good idea to copy it below for you all to see. I wrote this in October 2010. Do your...

Greenscreening – an update

Ok, so I’ve got some flak from people that I was happy to complain when my greenscreening went badly wrong, but then I didn’t celebrate when it worked well. So here it is. The first lesson failed for two main reasons. 1. I got the children working on their...