How have I done this year?

June 25, 2009

Well we’re nearly at the end of our first year together.  I have been delighted with how much progress you have all made and I am sure you’ll do fine in the end of year mock examination.
I am committed to improving my teaching approach and so I’ve created a dedicated survey for your group.  It [...]

How have I done this year?

June 24, 2009

Well we’re nearly at the end of our year together.  I have been delighted with how much progress you have all made and I have very much enjoyed teaching your class.
I am always looking for ways  to improve my teaching approach and so I’ve created a dedicated survey for your group so that you can tell me [...]

This above all…

June 7, 2009

Good luck in your examinations guys — I will be thinking of you.  here’s something to make you smile!

Augmented Reality

This week I have chatted with a few of you about the possibilities being offered by a new technology called ‘augmented reality’. This video clip gives a brief overview of the applications of ‘AR’ — see what you think:

If you’d like to try out AR for yourself, you need a computer, a printer, a webcam [...]

A whole bunch of me – avatar sites

June 3, 2009

Here are a collection of avatars with the site links where you can go to build your own.
The first site Meez offers both animated and static avatar images.

Then there’s Portrait Illustrator Maker who helped me to create this simple but effective image -

Next is Weeworld which is a very cute site that generated this rather attractive [...]

The Other Shelter – Voicethread

This is your first opportunity to put your new Voicethread accounts to good use! The thread below contains a brief introduction page, followed by a 7 minute video documentary on ex-servicemen and homelessness.
I’ve selected this clip because it provides a very different perspective from that offered by Robert Swindells in his novel [...]

Porphyria’s Lover – Voicethread

June 2, 2009

Here’s a thread inspired by ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ – I look forward to your comments!

Poetry revisited

To support our exploration of Pre-1914 Poetry in the remainder of this term, you’ll find a series of slideshows below which I have used with other groups this year. 
Hopefully a lot of this material will be familiar to you and so you can use these resources to remind yourself of some of the terminology and key [...]