by Ian Addison | Oct 7, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
A little while ago I wrote here and here about sharing websites with children at school. I asked what your homepage was and how could this be used to share the commonly used sites with staff and with children. Many ideas came and went. Speedtile was too limiting for...
by Ian Addison | Oct 3, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts
As more and more of what we do is moving online, there comes the problem of logging in and remembering email addresses. I don’t know about you but I probably have 50+ logins to various sites, banks, email accounts or whatever. How can we manage this in the...
by Ian Addison | Sep 30, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
It’s been a busy month. 4 weeks of term have gone and I feel like I haven’t stopped for a second. I know I wrote about my first week, but we have achieved so much more since then. Hardware: There are still a few minor niggles and not all of the software...
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 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 | 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:...