Bett for beginners

This is the second of three posts about Bett 2011. The first was about Teachmeet and the third is about the other underground events that you can find. This post is a beginner’s guide to Bett. I’m sure there are others out there, but here are mine. Before...

New year, new lifestyle (again) #WLCT

It’s nearly that time of year again. We all start looking back at the past and start looking forward to a new start. Last year, Chris Ratcliffe, Bill Lord and a couple of others joined me in a challenge where we weighed ourselves each week and posted the results...

Teachmeet Bett 2011 #tmbett2011

It’s that time of year again. Bett is nearly here. There are many things happening this year and I will blog about those later but for now, I am focussing on Teachmeet. This year, there are a number of us organising various parts of it and it is a totally...

Primary Digital Leaders

Have you ever noticed that as ICT coordinator you are responsible for a million things around school? The VLE, blogs, website, microphones, cameras, laptops, photocopier(?) and oh yeah, the ICT curriculum. Regular readers will know I’m trying to improve ICT...

An end-of-term video

The more I think about it, the more I think I’m not normal. Last day of term, what would a normal teacher do? Put on a DVD and enjoy it. How much thought goes into the choice of film? Probably very little, maybe a vote from the kids and you’re done. Me? Oh...