Gideon Williams, Director of ICT at Perins School, hosted a development day for ICT in his school involving all the key stakeholders from inside and outside the school: Gideon (at the start, discusses what has and hasn’t happened from past planning) Teachers (transforming learning – at 40 minutes, 1:1 notebook project at 2:14) Pupils...
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I just sent this email to the teachers in my school. I am feeling a little uncomfortable with it. What do you think? Much hype has surrounded the iPad. Overpriced. Limited in what it can do. An iPod Touch Xtra Large. All true. We bought one for my eldest’s 18th to accompany him to...
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This morning my school were lucky enough to be visited by Barbara Stone and Westley Field from MLC School in Australia. They talked us through their use of technology. It was very impressive. Westley showed me photos of children in the playground busily chatting away over their macbooks. It’s an independent school and every...
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Many thanks to the legendary Leon Cych (@eyebeams) without whom this would not be a video. PS there was no camel so it goes on longer than the usual 7 minutes. The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind. Using technology in the classroom, using it for learning, is an endeavour that engages...
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At my school we decided some kind of benchmark was needed to measure pupil satisfaction with their education. I set about writing a teaching and learning survey. Not as easy as it first appeared. I decided on Google Forms because they are so simple to construct and deliver. This is finished now (at least...
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