I meant to post this link after BETT (I know this has been mentioned by others before, but I thought I would mention it again- just incase you missed it!).
ClassTools.net is a really cool (free!) website that you can use to add even more spice to your lessons using ‘Flash’. It includes the ‘Random Name selector’ [...]
The final highlight of BETT was the TeachMeet on the Friday night. In Scotland we have hosted a number of these un-conferences. These were ably coordinated by Ewan McIntosh. The idea is that anyone can share cool ideas they have or great ideas they’ve trialled in their classrooms. All they needed to do was to [...]
Mark Pentleton is a colleague of mine. In addition to being a ‘Curriculum for Excellence Officer’ for East Ayrshire Council. Mark also runs his own company, Radio Lingua-
‘Radio Lingua Ltd provides educational content for language learners across the world and is the company behind some of the world’s most popular educational podcasts including Coffee Break Spanish [...]
Immersive Education was one of the many companys that I had on my ‘To Visit’ list at BETT. Here in East Lothian, we have purchased ‘Media Stage’ licenses for our English Departments.
Media Stage is a 3D virtual perforamce stage. Users are involved in script-writing, casting, set building, propping, directing, lighting, audio-recording, editing and camera skills:
Immersive Education:
Students [...]
As I mentioned I attended a number of Seminars at the BETT show. Here is my summary of the best ones (I apologise if they are not entirely accurate, but I am reading my scribbled shorthand)
Day 1.
Derek Robertson was there spreading the word about the hand held learning trials that he is currently leading throughout [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to Andrew Brown for this link. QP DVD have released this software and will be giving away copies to all those who mention it on their web-logs before christmas!
What fun I intend having with this on Christmas day! Our family dog better make sure he avoids the camera!
On Friday we ran a follow up TeachMeet for the staff at Musselburgh Grammar School.
We decided to adopt a ‘drop-in’ style for this particular session. The afternoon was spent working with the staff supporting their projects and helping them to develop their ideas. One of the main things MGS are working on is their website. [...]
Pop over to Jim Henderson’s page.
Nothing wrong with a bit of satire!
Tomorrow afternoon, in East Lothian, we will be hosting the next in our series of Teachmeet Road shows. This Road show is being held at Musselburgh Grammar School.
Our Teachmeet Road shows consist of several seminar type sessions. These are designed to allow staff to explore and share ideas and practice that is being used in schools throughout the [...]
