16 June 2009 2 Comments

Inspiring Youtube Videos

Inspiring Youtube Videos

Last week, I stumbled across a fun little Youtube video showing the challenges faced by a baby squirrel. After sharing this on Twitter, I received an idea about using the video at school from McTeach. I then started to wonder how nice it would be to have a collection of inspirational Youtube videos which could [...]

15 March 2009 13 Comments

Etherpad in the classroom

Etherpad in the classroom

After my initial experiences with Etherpad, I was keen to use the tool in the classroom. We had an opportunity to do so this week… with some pleasing results and some interesting reactions from the children!
The situation:
We have started another unit of persuasive writing, which requires the children to write persuasive letters. Last year, we [...]