I read this article in the Edinburgh Evening News this morning:
“A NEW sign language designed to revolutionise the way science is taught to deaf children in schools has been developed in Edinburgh.
Teachers and language specialists have collated a glossary of more than 250 signs, which can be accessed over the internet.Under the £25,000 move, complex [...]
I have got a lot of reading to do on Games based learning, but here is quick insight into what I think of the Nintendo DS so far.
Santa Claus was very generous to me this year. Following a brief play around with Derek Robertson’s Nintendo DS, I was convinced that I wanted one for Christmas. [...]
This morning I popped out to North Berwick High School. Robert Jones is a Maths Teacher and Glow mentor there. Over the weekend Robert had been questioning how Pupil writing would compare when using a ‘text‘ device to that of a keyboard. The use of ‘text’ communication is ever increasing and this ‘End-Of-Term’ experiment could be [...]
Today I spent the day at Campie Primary School in Musselburgh. The school will be trialling a set of thirty-five handheld Sony PSPs with a class of P6/7 pupils. The purpose of today was to allow staff to learn more about PSPs and look at the potential use of them to enhance teaching and learning. Tomorrow we [...]
Today I spent the afternoon at Humbie Primary School. Humbie is a small School situated about 15 miles outside Haddington in East Lothian. Following a meeting on Tuesday with a Representative from Genee, the staff at the school will be trialling a relatively new form of hardware called a ‘Visualiser’.
Visualisers are basically very high powered digital/video cameras that [...]
As part of my new role in East Lothian, I will be involved with a number of educational initiatives. Along with five other Local Authorities, East Lothian has been chosen to pilot the Winning Game project. This game is being produced and developed by TPLD. It is a game that enhances your minds ability to [...]
Although I was only able to attend the Scottish Learning Festival for one day, I was able to attend a number of fantastic seminars and the brilliant TeachMeet. One particular seminar which I found really useful was Derek Robertson’s. Derek is currently on a secondment with Learning and Teaching Scotland. During the course of the [...]
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I have already posted a Factoid this week, but I felt this one was very much worth sharing. It is a great one to try with a class.
As Teachers, we have to be very aware of the different ways pupils learn. In [...]
