Following on from my blog post about the teacher who got in trouble for twittering, I’ve had a little bit of time to think about some of the implications of this. I was also given this link to the same story as reported in the Daily Telegraph which makes things sound a little worse. My [...]
I was emailed over the weekend by a year 6 teacher who wanted some ideas for using ICT with his class, and in particular for literacy. I set up an Etherpad to collate ideas and threw the question out to my network of Twitter friends. I invited them to visit the Etherpad and add their [...]
I was half way through delivering a course on how to use Web 2.0 in the classroom when I saw a headline on the BBC news website that stopped me in my tracks for a second: Probe into Teacher Twitter Posts. I was gobsmacked when I read it. Now I will agree that a teacher [...]
Here’s a couple of quick links to put a little awe and wonder onto your Interactive Whiteboard (or just your computer screen in general) As a space geek I am always a sucker for the images that the Hubble Space Telescope takes of deep space. They are absolutely awesome. And with the current Space Shuttle [...]
Here is an excellent gadget to use for recording student voices without having to be tied to the laptop or PC. The Easi Speak USB mic is a handheld microphone that lets you record directly onto the device, a bit like a dictaphone. They are very portable and would be ideal for taking on school [...]
Lino Lino is another online notice board application that lets you put a number of sticky post-its and to-do lists onto a virtual pin board. Boards can be public or private and you can use it to share files, photos and videos too! Use it as a class notice board on your IWB. Or for [...]
05.15Notebook tips
A quick post to flag up two blog posts on Jen Deyenberg’s blog that gives some tips for using your Smartboard. Both are worth a look – Being able to change the default fonts is definitely a useful thing to know. 5 Cool Tricks on the Smartboard 5 More Smart Notebook Tips and Tricks Thanks for sharing [...]
Just a quick heads up. Due to problems with the Smart Response update patch, Smart have taken down the download page until they can fix the issues in versioning and languages. The versioning is specific to any file created in 9.7, saved in NB SP1 and then opened in SP2. The language issue makes NB [...]
I’ve been featured on a list of 100 excellent Twitter feeds for teachers And there are 99 other excellent twitter feeds on the list too! You can read the list here
Stupeflix is a new site that lets you turn images into video slideshows in the same way that Animoto does. It’s currently in Beta and while you can create videos for free it looks like there may be a charge in future. You can add images by copying and pasting the image URLs froma site [...]