To close our work on cryptography, here is a link to a site which will tell you all about the ‘Beale code’ – one of the most intruiging and unsolved codes in history. It is believed that the codes point the way to a hidden cache of treasure – many have tried to solve the [...]
Hello – I am posting this slideshow after a couple of requests following my presentation on ’stress and the teaching profession’ today (8th June 2010). I hope you found the presentation useful – if you’d like to download the PPT slides, just click through to ‘Slideshare’ which is where I host copies of many [...]
For those of you who haven’t seen this yet or have forgotten how good this is, here’s Taylor Mali delivering a high octane poetry slam about what teachers make — I never get bored of hearing this!
Well – I have finally done it! For a while now I have been threatening to learn how to podcast in order to be able to offer audio and video lesson support which my students can access at their convenience outside of lesson time.
While I’m still very much a raw beginner I have now hosted [...]
The slideshow below has been produced by Jane Hart from ‘The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’ and it offers a simple overview of the 25 TYPES of tool (and the most popular tool within each category) that are being used right now by those educators at the cutting edge of embedded IT in the [...]
Here’s another great video, this time by David Truss, which beautifully illustrates why embedding web 2.0 tools into our classroom practise can be such a powerful experience for students and teachers alike.
Having followed Jane Hart’s ‘Top 10 Tools’ list at C4LPT in recent weeks, (I’ve harvested the links like a happy squirrel in autumnal heaven!) I’ve decided to add my voice to the project. The exercise has been very worthwhile because it has allowed me to clarify and prioritise my self -directed professional development and to take stock [...]
Our students’ expertise in web 2.0 technologies is developing exponentially. It is inevitable that soon, the organization and structure of formal education will be transformed in response. Many Ed-tech specialists foresee a shift towards ‘blended learning’ where the process of education is not framed by school hours but seamlessly connects self-directed home based learning with teacher-driven [...]
This evening I decided to conduct a little experiment. I am, as you may know, a relative newcomer to the blogosphere. The last 6 weeks have been the steepest learning curve that I can remember – my average night’s sleep has been just 5 hours since I typed my first post!
Needless to say this is [...]
If you are anything like me, then Powerpoint would rank high on your list of essential IT tools that are used in your classroom delivery. I use slideshow presentations on a regular basis and I’d like to think that my presentations are of a high standard. I don’t overwork the text to image ratio, I [...]
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