by Ian Addison | May 16, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Apologies for the awful title… Just a quick post about Flip Video cameras, they’re fantastic. Very quick and easy to use and run on AA batteries. There are a multitude of different versions now including HD. The one I’ve been using is the basic...
by Ian Addison | May 5, 2010 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Are you a Key Stage 1 teacher? Do you know how difficult it is to find good quality KS1 websites? We had a similar problem when showing fun websites to teachers during our VLE training sessions. Until we found i-board. By the way, there’s some KS2 stuff here...
by Ian Addison | May 2, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
Have you seen the BBC’s Class Clips library? This is a selection of videos from the BBC archive that can all be used within the classroom for free. Depending on your VLE, these can also be embedded. So why not have a go at embedding them into a discussion forum...
by Ian Addison | Apr 15, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
Before you panic, there is no need to dust off those trainers or sweatbands. For this jog, you’re going to stay there in that comfy chair maybe even with a tea and a biscuit, actually…I encourage you to go and get a cuppa before we go Jogging. Now that is...
by Ian Addison | Apr 14, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
I’ve said it before, but Twitter truly is a wonderful place. It started a few days ago with Dianne Spencer, a head teacher from Bolton, commenting that she had written her SEF form and was pleased with her work. I suggested ‘chucking it into Wordle’....
by Ian Addison | Apr 12, 2010 | blogposts, General Thoughts, Useful Sites/Software
How many memory sticks do you own? I’ve got about 6 and I’d say they have all been used regularly. My first was 128mb and I got it in my first year at Uni and loved it, I then gradually went up in size and my current 8gb has been used constantly for about...