Teaching, technology and anything else on my mind…
After a fantastic first week, our ‘Myst’ work has continued with great success and incredibly high levels of motivation from the children. Here’s an outline of our work this week:
Day 6 - Travelling together with our wireless mouse and interactive whiteboard, we visited Voltaic, looking at the unusual structures and exploring the caverns. As we [...]
Phew! My first week back at school has been extremely busy, with an e-safety conference, lots of meetings, a lesson observation, and the start of something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time… using Myst to support our Literacy work!
I know that many other teachers have used Myst before, so this is not [...]
The final week of last term was a particularly hectic one, as we had parents’ consultation evenings, Harvest celebrations and a road safety day at school. This meant that we only had three mornings available for our Literacy lessons. There certainly wasn’t enough time to start a new unit of work, so I decided to [...]
Every so often at school, I’m able to run a staff meeting. I always enjoy these, as it’s a chance for me to share new ideas about ICT with other members of staff. Many of our ICT meetings are linked to new software or equipment that has arrived in school, but I wanted this one [...]
Wow! Have you ever had one of those days which completely refreshes you, gives you lots of new ideas, and makes you want to get straight into the classroom to try something out? I had one of those days today.
I was lucky enough to have a day out of school visiting the Kent ICT conference. [...]