13 January 2010 1 Comment

Making Super Stories, Brilliant Books and more…

Making Super Stories, Brilliant Books and more…

This post was originally published here.
I’m a big fan of 2Simple’s software… this week alone, my Year 3 pupils have used:

2Connect to make mind maps showing their existing knowledge of Italy at the start of the topic.
2Paint a Picture to design logos for an Italian restaurant business that they have been challenged to create for [...]

29 May 2009 2 Comments

Over 500 Ideas to Inspire!

Over 500 Ideas to Inspire!

Ideas to Inspire now has over 500 ideas! The site originally started as somewhere to host my ‘Ideas to Inspire Writing‘ presentation. Since then, Tom Barrett, Doug Belshaw, Mark Clarkson, Joe Rowing, Tony Cassidy and Noel Jenkins have kindly allowed me to add their presentations to the site, which all receive hundreds of visitors each [...]

2 May 2009 1 Comment

Returning to Myst in Literacy – Week Two

Returning to Myst in Literacy – Week Two

Phew! What a week…

I was really pleased that last week’s blog post received a comment from THE Tim Rylands. After I was inspired by Tim’s work with Myst and his presentation last July, it’s great to see him commenting on my own work with Myst.
Then, THE Mandy Barrow sent a tweet asking me if I [...]