by Ian Addison | Nov 13, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Our PTA (called PAFS – Parents and Friends) wanted to have an area online for communicating with parents and the wider school community. We talked about a static page on our school site that updated now and again depending on events that were happening within...
by Ian Addison | Nov 5, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
John Mclear and his team have made many fantastic websites and tools including Primary Wall, Satpin, Primary Games Arena and Primary Pad, but the new one is fantastic. It’s the pictograph tool. This tool lets you create a simple pictograph using any subjects you...
by Ian Addison | Nov 3, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
On our school blog we currently have a lot of images and pictures but we are starting to think of a better way of sharing videos. The way that I see it is that there are a number of tools available to us and they all have merits but recently my thinking has changed....
by Ian Addison | Oct 31, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
In the past year or so we have been doing a lot of blogging at school and in the past few months we’ve been making websites using Google Sites. One thing that the children have enjoyed doing is embedding content from other sites. What does embedding mean?...
by Ian Addison | Oct 29, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I thought I’d share a site with you that was shared with me. You may have heard about it, but you probably haven’t. I hadn’t either until this morning! The website is called Parent View and it allows parents to record their thoughts about their...
by Ian Addison | Oct 28, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
I’ve posted a few times about my running exploits and I have been getting some fairly good times this year and I’m even starting to enjoy myself. Now as you probably know, I am running in the Great South Run on Sunday and have been asking for sponsorship...
