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“I often refer to Animoto as a gateway to "real” video projects. Animoto makes it very easy for anyone to create a great-looking video.“ Richard Byrne on Animoto for iOS. Good point, great product, good app. Our Humanities department in particular are using this to create fantastic, engaging videos for topics and even for types…
There has been much debate of late about whether Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), particularly in their British state sponsored variations are dead. For some of the thoughts check out Lindsay Jordan, James Clay, Matt Lingard and Steve Wheeler. One week today I finally start my new job as Director of E-Learning at a high school…
Edexcel admirably give you access to detailed question by question data from their Maths exams with the use of Results+. However I have always found that it does not come in a format that is particularly useful for teachers or individual pupils. I have created a spreadsheet that analyses the data at a class and individual…
Inbox Hero Finding a system to get things done Lists I have spent an awful lot of time over the years looking for ways to be more organised and to Get Things Done. My two nemeses are my email inbox and my to-do list. I’ve always loved a list, for many years I thought it was…
The title sounds like a nasty affliction – but I actually want to describe a great lesson! I was looking for a nice challenge for my Year 9 Computing class to continue developing their understanding of variables, if statements and loops – ideally moving on to nested statements and loops. As ever Twitter came to…
I’ve been playing around with two tools for mapping data onto Google Maps. They both have potential in and out of the classroom. Facebook Share on X LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Copy Link