The Scottish Learning Festival takes place on the 24th and 25th of September this year. As always there is a wealth of keynotes and Seminars. This year along with Alicia MacFarlane I will be hosting a seminar on our recent Sony PSP project.
‘Using the Sony PSP as a learning tool in the primary classroom’
If you [...]
Today we held our NQT ICT induction day. During the course of the day each Probationer attended four separate sessions. These were as follows:
Intro To ICT in East Lothian: Karen Robertson
Online Publishing- hosted by David and I
Glow: Martin Brown and Karen-Anne McAlpine (Glow team)
Child Protection: Education and Children’s Services
David and I hosted four sessions on Edubuzz. Here [...]
And I am back after a relaxing break.
Between two great holidays, plans for the Glow rollout, NQT Induction days and buying my all new (white) Eee PC I am not sure where to start. During the next few weeks I will share as many thoughts as possible.
Today David Gilmour and I ventured through to the LTS [...]
During the weekend we ventured over to the Isle of Islay. We had been invited there by my friend and colleague Ian Stuart and his wife Caroline to watch the Annual Beach Rugby Competition -“Eat Sand”.
The rules of Islay Beach Rugby are as follows-
“Field Dimensions
The size of a Beach Rugby field depends on the decision of the league. [...]
Photo credit: Darkest before dawn
Islay High School open day looks like it is going to be a very worth while and interesting event. Unfortunately I have a team away-day on the 13th.
Here’s what Ian Stuart (PT Technology and Design) says:
“In just over a weeks time we are going to have an ICT open day. This is being [...]
Cindy Julien has spent this year as a French assistant at Knox Academy. Cindy graduated from Toulouse Mirail University with a Masters Degree in English Literature and Art in 2007. As she will be teacher training next year, she came to Scotland to improve her English and make connections. During her time here Cindy did much more at [...]
Photo Credits: Edublogger
As I was in London this weekend visiting family and friends I decided to take a flexi-day on Monday (my secondment is not on teacher’s holidays). This meant I was able to catch-up with Ewan for a light refreshment in the afternoon and also attend the Teachmeet- London North East in the evening. I am always interested to [...]
Super Logo is a company owned by my good friend Andrew Dall. His company provides emboridery and print onto garments for schools, companies and any other groups looking for personalised clothing. For the Knox Academy school Ski trip this Easter, I asked Andy what kind of deal he could offer for Hooded tops. Here it is:
A minimum [...]
This week I attended a Glow Key Contacts meeting in Edinburgh. There are around four Key Contacts meetings held every year. Key contacts are the representatives nominated by each council. These meetings are designed so that authorities can get together, share and learn from each others experiences. Out of Scotland’s 32 authorities, 21 have now signed [...]
I haven’t really written much in the last wee while. This is largely due to the projects I have been working on. I don’t really think that White Board installations, PC refreshes/upgrades and letter drafting etc are really that interesting to those not directly involved, so I have kept quiet. However the next few weeks [...]
