Summer holidays are great, that’s a fact. You feel rested, relaxed and you may even have the odd idea or two that you would like to try out when you return to the classroom at some point, but of course that’s in a distant future very far away? Suddenly the new term is upon you [...]
Final week. No teaching for two years.
July 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
End of an era. For many the final week of term is normally one of celebration and students (as well as teachers and staff) prepare to leave for a well-deserved six-week holiday. It’s not exactly the same for me this year. I have just taken on a new job as County Advisor for Learning and [...]
Development of a new learning tool
June 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I have been working for some time now on a new tool for the Interactive White Board and it is looking good and almost complete. It involves a set of 5 (possibly 6 haven’t decided yet) parts which enables teachers to create interactive activities and save these as Adobe Flash files (Flash Player 10 required) [...]
Download Youtube.com videos
March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Great tools to get resources from Youtube.com: Download Youtube.com videos quickly to your PC Download Youtube.com videos into MP3 files
EduRanting 1
March 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Teaching should be about exploration, implementation and reflection. It is when these aspects blend together that we, the teachers, have the opportunity to experience real progression. Let us not forget why we are here and what the purpose of teaching actually is: to train a generation of children to become mature, level-headed individuals, professionals who [...]
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