Code Academy
Love this website that teaches you the basics of how to code. Have passed on to our new Computing GCSE class.
Love this website that teaches you the basics of how to code. Have passed on to our new Computing GCSE class.
Estelle Morris on Gove – Is there a master plan? Amongst the consternation with Michael Gove this weekend – particularly his comments on the Andrew Marr show about the upcoming strike, Estelle Morris gets to the heart of the issue. Where is the long term plan amongst the cost cutting and curriculum narrowing? There surely…
So this morning we gave our training session to around 20 teachers on using Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs). We had an hour and a half, enough time to scratch the surface of what was possible but little more. Hopefully we sowed some seeds that will grow from there. We split the session into three parts: An…
This sketch from the always excellent Gaping Void got me thinking, are there some teachers you shouldn’t bother pushing even the best technology at?
I have put together a list of revision topics for my Y11 GCSE class on a Google Spreadsheet. Pupil names along the top, topics down the side and a set of cells in-between with Red Amber Green conditional formatting. Once it’s finally unblocked at school (don’t get me started!!) I hope that the class and…
Minority Report meets a Wii and has lovely babies! Oblong’s ‘Mezzanine’ looks truly amazing! Just take a step back and imagine a classroom of the future equipped with one of these and an iPad for each child. Effortless and rich in content – I hope Promethean & Smart are quivering in their pampered boots! Source:…
A short post to accompany a presentation at the AECRICT12 TeachMeet at Manchester Met Uni tonight. Digital Leaders is a simple but brilliant idea that has gained great traction in schools across the UK and beyond over the past 3 years. In a nutshell.. use students to lead technology supported learning in your school. Student leadership in…