by Ian Addison | Sep 2, 2012 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
For many teachers, this week sees the return to the classroom and I have found that there are so many places to get great ideas and resources so I thought I would share some that I have been using lately. Some are old favourites, some are relatively new sites....
by Ian Addison | Aug 31, 2012 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
This term in Year 3-4 we are learning about the Tudors so I have made a playlist to share all of Horrible History videos I could find. The YouTube Playlist is available here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL572B96B358463707 and I must say thank you to...
by Ian Addison | Aug 21, 2012 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, Useful Sites/Software
You know all of those photographs that you take in school? What do you do with them? We take thousands, in fact last year it seems we took 28,000 of them. Many of them are never edited and are simply uploaded onto the Photo drive on the server. So what happens to...
by Ian Addison | Jul 17, 2012 | blogposts, Presentations / Teachmeets, Useful Sites/Software
I know that this will shock many people but until about 24 hours ago, I’d never used Scratch. Never. I have seen Miles Berry present on it twice and have also worked with many others (Pete Stuart, Simon Hunt etc) who have talked about it, but I have never sat...
by Ian Addison | Jul 1, 2012 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I had to write a quick post about a truly stunning website that launched recently. I was lucky enough to see it in the first few days of it being online and since then it has grown and grown. The site in question? The Literacy Shed. Now, literacy has always been...
by Ian Addison | Jun 10, 2012 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Have you ever thought about the passwords that you use? Or that you give to your children? In our school, to get on to the school network the children simply type their name without a password but for online services there are usually criteria to meet before a...
