by Ian Addison | Sep 14, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Have you used Voki in your classroom? It’s a fabulous speaking avatar tool that can be found at www.voki.com I was first made aware of it from the languages side of things from Jo Rhys-Jones (@jowinchester) and Lisa Stevens (@lisibo) as they used it to speak in...
by Ian Addison | Sep 8, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Planning
One thing that sometimes happens as PPA teacher is that I have to teach the same lesson twice to two different classes. This isn’t a bad thing as it means I can try different things and achieve different outcomes because the children are different. For...
by Ian Addison | Sep 4, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Remember back in January when I challenged everyone to have a healthy year and I said we could all lose weight together? Remember that? January WAS a long time ago… Anyway, I’ve had a bad summer. Not enough exercise and too many lunches and dinners seeing...
by Ian Addison | Sep 2, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, ICT Planning
I’ve wanted to write this blog post for weeks but part of me is petrified of what people will think. I feel like I need to justify some of it, so here goes… In my school, ICT has been a stand-alone subject and I want to integrate it more into the...
by Ian Addison | Sep 2, 2011 | Blogging, blogposts
Just a short post today. I am often asked which plugins we have on our school blog to help it run and to manage it so I have made a list. Now I know there are people out there who have more knowledge and expertise than I do and I’d love them to correct me or...
by Ian Addison | Sep 1, 2011 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
On the 8th September I will be hosting the #ukedchat session and as usual, I’m doing things a little differently – (although thinking about it, I’ve done this a few times, so it’s not that different for me!). Instead of the normal vote,...
