6 March 2010 0 Comments

It’s not a VLE but the children love it!

It’s not a VLE but the children love it!

Since writing my ‘VLEs, MLEs, LPs… Help!‘ post, we have started using the ‘online learning portal’ that I set up. I showed it to staff in my ICT staff meeting a few weeks ago and I’ve been able to go around different Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 classes to introduce it to the [...]

17 January 2010 3 Comments

BETT 2010 – my best BETT (part one)

BETT 2010 – my best BETT (part one)

BETT is the world’s largest educational technology event and it takes place every year in Olympia, London. Last year, I wasn’t able to go, but I was determined to visit the event this year.
Having been eight or nine times before, my usual BETT routine is something like this:

Visit the show without a plan or anything [...]

9 September 2009 6 Comments

Running an ICT club

Running an ICT club

This post was originally written for an article for Kent’s Extranet magazine… read it here.
For the past few years, I’ve been running after school ICT clubs with our Year 5 and 6 children. During these clubs, my aim has been to give children the opportunity to use technology in ways that they might not be [...]

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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 [...]

21 May 2009 5 Comments

Making School Websites

Making School Websites

I started making websites back in 1998 when I was still a student teacher. During a summer break from my ‘teacher training’ university course, I decided to try making a website and, over 10 years later, that site is still running. After discovering my new ‘hobby’ and because I enjoyed it so much, I was [...]

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