by Ian Addison | Aug 24, 2011 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
Following on from my post about programming, I wanted to share the links that I have collated. Some of these came from comments to my post, some from tweets I received and some are examples I had myself. I thought it best to share my presentation with you all as I...
by Ian Addison | Aug 18, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
Following on from appearing on BBC Click I have been invited to attend a meeting to discuss the place of programming in the primary curriculum. In our school we use 2Do It Yourself to create games and this started in KS2 but in June we made simple games with KS1 as...
by Ian Addison | Aug 14, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, Useful Sites/Software
One of my summer jobs is to manage accounts for children on a variety of online tools that we use in school. This ranges from Google Apps for the children’s email and documents to Class Pet for their maths activities. It also includes sites such as Purple Mash,...
by Ian Addison | Jul 18, 2011 | blogposts, General Thoughts
Thank you Mrs Skinner for setting up the 100word challenge and for commenting on our blog posts. The 100word challenge has given our children a great reason to write and to post on their blogs. For those that don’t know, Mrs Skinner has been fantastic in viewing...
by Ian Addison | Jul 17, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff
I was thinking this morning about an idea I had and I think I’ve found a way to make it even better. I think. I have had quite a few people ask me for help this year with being an ICT coordinator and wanting to see what I was doing or wanting some ideas of where...
by Ian Addison | Jul 14, 2011 | blogposts, Conferences / BETT
The last #ukedchat of my academic year is due to be hosted by…me! I say my academic year because many people have already broken up for summer but hey, some of us will plough on until the 27th (!!) of July. So, on Thrusday 21st July at 8pm, join me on Twitter to...