All technology used in school
We are experimenting with iTalc 1.0.9. It is a remote control software app that enables one computer to view and control many others. There are a few flaws (these might be because we run two domains and getting teacher PCs to talk to pupil PCs is complicated) but mainly it works very well. I...
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My office at school. Not the best but works well. Left screen shows ppt with charts from spreadsheet (not on show here). Right screen is moodle where ppt was submitted via advance file uploading assignment with quick marking page. Emails generated when work was submitted and when I save my feedback. Posted via email...
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Science. Year 9. Illegal drugs. Double lesson: 1hr 20 mins. 1 week to prepare. Read through text book material. Collate digital resources onto IWB flipchart (http://search.creativecommons.org). Think of hooks: the drugs don’t work, they just make it worse (The Verve, Urban Hymns 1997). Learning objectives (mine): 1. Understand what illegal drugs are 2. To...
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Having read @mwesch blogpost in his digital ethnography blog I started to wonder if I could adapt the idea in moodle. Initial thoughts are below in a response to his post. Original post: How to get students to find and read 94 articles before the next class My response: This is a great idea...
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Maths & Moodle Why bother? I am looking for a Maths Dept that is using Moodle to improve what the classroom is already doing. The dept is successful with very good teachers and great results. So I would like to see some Maths practice that is beyond the usual ‘VLEs are cool’...
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