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About daibarnes

Dai manages ICT across the curriculum for an independent school in London as well as being Head of the ICT Department, teaching A Level & KS3 ICT & GCSE Computing.

David Rogers: This is how I work

  May 18, 2013 - 08:22 |
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I am David Rogers and this is how I work   www.twitter.com/daviderogers www.davidrogers.org.uk Current job: Professional Tutor and Curriculum Leader for Geography, from September 2013 will be Assistant Head Teacher. Been a teacher since: 2003 Location: Portsmouth, UK Current mobile device: iPhone 5; Dell XPS 10 running Windows 8 RT; iPad 2; Kindle Current computer: HP Laptop, MacBook. School-issued devices: MacBook Air. One word that best describes how you work: Differently. How do you manage your calendar/diary? Mainly through the iPhone 5 calendar together with the iCloud app via PC and MacBooks. How do you manage your lesson planning? I have a moleskin notebook and all ideas go in there. I lesson plan analogue through mindmaps and writing / sketching … Continue reading →

Lisa Jane Ashes: This is how I work

  May 5, 2013 - 08:00 |
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I am Lisa Jane Ashes and this is how I work   Twitter: @lisajaneashes Blog: http://lisajaneashes.edublogs.org On Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lisa-Jane-Ashes/e/B00CBI7H0A/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1365761904&sr=8-2 Consultancy: http://www.independentthinking.co.uk/Who/Associates+(A+-+D)/Lisa+Ashes/default.aspx Current job: Advanced Skills Teaching and Learning Leader Been a teacher since: 2007 Location: Gateshead Current mobile device: iPhone 5 Current computer: Macbook Pro One word that best describes how you work: Relentlessly How do you manage your calendar/diary? Everything gets written somewhere… it is a miracle that I manage to keep all of my appointments but I do. How do you manage your lesson planning? My lessons get written into my teacher planner usually the day before I teach them. I have a long and medium overview that are a bit like shopping lists for classes to make … Continue reading →

Tait Coles: This is how I work

  April 28, 2013 - 08:49 |
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I am Tait Coles and this is how I work  Blog: http://taitcoles.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @Totallywired77 Current job:  Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at Temple Moor High School in Leeds, from June I will be Vice Principal for Learning and Innovation at Dixons City Academy in Bradford. Been a teacher since: 2004 Location: Bradford Current mobile device: A very old iPhone 3. As one of my ‘very confident’ Year 9 students told me, as I was looking at my phone on duty one day: “Sir, its 2013; change your phone!” Current computer: MacBook Pro One word that best describes how you work: Passionately How do you manage your calendar/diary? Old skool! I use my School planner How do you manage your … Continue reading →

David James (@EducationFest): This is how I work

  April 22, 2013 - 10:36 |
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I am David James and this is how I work   @EducationFest; http://festivalofeducation2013.org.uk/category/directors-blog/ Current job: I have a few: Director of IB at Wellington College, Senior MYP School Consultant for the IB and also Director of the Sunday Times Festival of Education. Oh, and teacher of English. Been a teacher since: 1995 Location: Wellington College Current mobile device: iPad, iPhone 5, Blackberry, Nexus 7 Current computer: iMac, Toshiba laptop School-issued devices: Toshiba laptop One word that best describes how you work: Connectively How do you manage your calendar/diary? I prefer to manage it myself, although other people have access to my calendar and can make appointments; I find it saves time to control it myself using Outlook and Google Calendar. … Continue reading →

Andy Kemp: This is how I work

  April 14, 2013 - 10:35 |
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I am Andy Kemp and this is how I work Andy Kemp Current job: Director of Studies Been a teacher since: Secondary Teacher since 2005; Adult Education since 2002 Location: Wells, Somerset Current mobile device: iPhone 5 Current computer: iMac at work, and an 11” Macbook air at home School-issued devices: iMac, iPad mini, and iPhone 5 One word that best describes how you work: If I had to chose one word that best describes how I work I guess I would say ‘focussed’ How do you manage your calendar/diary? I manage my diary in Google Calendar (which we use for all our school calendars), this enables me to have access to my diary from lots of devices and enables … Continue reading →