The Blog of a Primary School Teacher and ICT Leader
Horrible Histories
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...
Photos in school
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...
My Week with the Nexus 7
I have had the Google Nexus 7 tablet for about 10 days now and I thought I should probably share what I think about it. Firstly, I am not really a gadget person. Actually I am, but I am not the person that buys the gadget on the first day of release and then must...
Essentials ICT
I wrote a little while ago about the project that I have been involved with for most of this year and now, it is finally available. I saw finally, but it is still less than 6 months since I was initially asked to write it! The Rising Stars' book "Essentials:ICT" can...
My First Scratch
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 down and...
Assessing ICT
I've tried and tried but I simply can't put it off any longer. From September we will need to have a system in place for assessing ICT. I need to know which children are doing well in ICT and I need them (and their teachers) to know what the next steps are. You may be...