TeachMeet BETT 2009 #TMBett09 Friday 15th January 2009 there will be a TeachMeet. Signed up to attend are 130+ teachers, consultants, advisors, educators, decision-makers. Sign up here: http://teachmeet.pbwiki.com/TeachMeet09Bett I have never been before. I’ve attended two MirandaMods which work on the same unconference style. At TM teachers will present their classroom practice and other...
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Today I was sitting looking for a bit of inspiration as to what to do with my students on the new AS ICT specification for module INFO2. The A Level has been changed from three to two units and I have finished going through the material for INFO2. However, in the true style of...
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Monty (thegriffinster) has challenged me to provide seven items of interest about me (here are his). Not normally something I’d go for but a good twitter friend so here goes… 1. Dai is not my real name. I was born on March 1st and hence christened David because it is St David’s day. St...
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Theo Kuechel has written about blocking websites in schools, focusing on YouTube in particular entitled: It’s not really about YouTube. I work in the private sector and as the Head of In-Curriculum ICT I have a large influence over what websites are blocked or not within out network. Recently I have reluctantly agreed to...
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This post is a response to the blog post of Jose Picardo, an excellent languages teacher who loves his Web2.0 tools and his thoughts about ‘futurity’. See the original post and my comment here! This is a wonderful insight into exactly what faces the teacher in the classroom – online pupils! Also a great...
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Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Steve Wheeler is Http://twitter.com/timbuckteeth – I recommend you follow him if you’re not already. Great presentation looking at some of the intricacies of wikis and blogs in the classroom. It shows how wikis are quite likely a big thing for future education. Learning 2.0: How students are using social...
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Howard Rheingold (twitter) inspired me to write the MindMeister post in socialmediaclassroom.com and reposnded in the text I’ve coloured brown. My reply is in black! Online instigator, educator, offline gardener.Location: San Francisco Bay Area 1. Each week a different student team will work with me on co-teaching that week’s theme. I will have met...
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