Comments for Ross High School - Sharing Good Practice

Comment on Today’s eduBuzz Lunch by JBurt

JBurt — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:53:01 +0000

I just noticed i’m famous!!!

Comment on Today’s eduBuzz Lunch by fkelly

fkelly — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:36:17 +0000

There is some google apps cpd coming up soon:
http://edubuzz.org/cpdshare/2009/07/27/using-google-applications-in-the-classroom/

Comment on Today’s eduBuzz Lunch by David Gilmour

David Gilmour — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:13 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t able to get along to today’s session. Trying to cover both in 30 minutes was ambitious, but hopefully people will now have some idea of how they might be useful, and that they’re quite enjoyable to use.

Some things that might help:
- Staff with EL email addresses can create edubuzz blogs, or just sign up for a login, at http://edubuzz.org/blogs. Once you’ve a login, any blog Admin can grant you access to any individual blog.
- There are some training screencast videos which might help get people started.

As always, happy to follow up with individuals or groups.

Comment on Next Lunch: Cross Curricular Links by S. Strain

S. Strain — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:31:39 +0000

Note change of room to R32. We have had an offer to share their experience from a joint English and Social Subjects project on the Holocaust. Come along to hear about it, to contribute your experiences on to make a connection with another department.

Comment on Restorative Practices by fkelly

fkelly — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:23:38 +0000

You can find more info on restorative practices here:
http://www.betterbehaviourscotland.gov.uk/initiatives/piloting/default.aspx

Comment on Percentages by David Gilmour

David Gilmour — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:10:15 +0000

You need to be registered as a user of Limesurvey; I’ve done that now and you should have received login details. Happy to meet if you want a quick tour to get you started. Have a look first, and see what you think…

Comment on Percentages by fkelly

fkelly — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:36:41 +0000

Thanks David – some really useful points. I think you’ve also demonstrated the benefits of posting this sort of thing online!

I’ve just had a look at “http://edubuzz.org/limesurvey/” – can you explain how to create a survey on there? I can’t see how.

Comment on Percentages by David Gilmour

David Gilmour — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:53:40 +0000

Also, re the confusion over what % means, there's a "Popular misconceptions" article on the Counton.org Maths site which might help:

It helps if you consider the percentage sign, %, as a misprint, with the correct version as /00. This is to remind yourself that it means 'divided by 100' .

Comment on Percentages by David Gilmour

David Gilmour — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:42:27 +0000

Thanks for starting this blog, I’d be happy to join you for any of these sessions if you felt that might be useful.

Re percentages: I notice surveys cropping up, and the potential benefits of relating the use of percentages to real, relevant situations.

There are a couple of options currently available which would enable staff and students to create their own surveys and perhaps gather some data which was interesting for students: the survey tool in Glow Groups and the Limesurvey open source web-based survey tool now installed on edubuzz.org (http://edubuzz.org/limesurvey) which has been used recently for the P6 / S2 survey. Although a powerful product, Limesurvey is very easy to use, and simple surveys can be created in minutes. Data can be exported easily to Excel.