Code Academy
Love this website that teaches you the basics of how to code. Have passed on to our new Computing GCSE class.
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SSAT #NC10 – Dylan Wiliam – Formative Assessment
The first of a series of notes / reflections on sessions at the 2010 SSAT National Conference. Bio Dylan Wiliam has the grand title of ‘Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment‘ at the Institute of Education in London. He is a former Maths teacher and co-author of the book “Inside the Black Box“. He is a world renowned expert…
Wild About Math – A Review
Sol Lederman has been filling my rss reader and my twitter stream with little golden nuggets of Maths over the last few months. He recently suggested a link/blog exchange between Maths bloggers which seems like a great idea to me – hence this post. So go check out his blog http://wildaboutmath.com/, maybe take part in…
Google’s New Operating System
So today Google announced that they will be introducing their very own Google Chrome OS. This follows in the wake of excellent the Google Chrome web browser which was released last year. Designed initially for netbooks, it appears that the OS will effectively be little more than a web browser. The beauty of this is…
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Data Collection & Questionnaires with Google Docs & Twitter
Interview Reflection: Part 2: My interview lesson was rated as ‘good with outstanding features’ and as that was in part thanks to my network I thought it only fair I shared it with the World. I chose to teach a lesson focusing on data collection using questionnaires. A tricky lesson to get right I finally…
Do Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) Work?
Apparently a review of IWB use in London showed little benefit to a child’s progress from the use of IWBs. Personally I’d be mortified if mine was taken away from me, but whether it actually benefits my pupils is an interesting question. I can see the argument that many are simply used as glorified data…
An ICT Curriculum Fit For 2011 #ictcurric
The silence that has descended on this blog has partly been down to another little change in direction for me as I have taken over leadership of our ICT & Business Studies department. As a Mathematician by nature this has been an interesting few weeks! Out top priority is to try and deliver an ICT curriculum that…