This morning I was doing my usual trip through the BBC News website when I came across a story headlined NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne banned from taking school dinner photos. I had never heard of Martha Payne or her blog and I couldn’t quite work out why anyone would be bothered about her taking a photo… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Education
Please Miss! How not to use Facebook
An article on the BBC news site today tells about Elizabeth Scarlett who was disciplined by the General Teaching Council for Wales for injudicious comments on her Facebook profile. Whilst I don’t think any of us expect teachers to be perfect I think we do hope that they will have the sense to behave in an… Continue Reading
Innovating Through Educational ‘Climate Change’
Recently, I attended an event in Warrington where just a few of the numerous interesting and innovative projects taking place in schools across the authority were being showcased. The ‘Sharing Innovation’ event was essentially the first of what is hoped to be an ongoing series to disseminate findings and raise the profile of a programme… Continue Reading
Social Media Tool in Action – Storify
I had a great day at the Future Focus conference in Glasgow last Friday where I was talking about 20 social media tools to use (more detailed blog posts on these coming soon). One of the tools I mentioned was Storify which I think may become my latest fave – it’s a brilliant way of… Continue Reading
Web 2.0 tools in English lessons
Late in 2010, I wrote a series of lessons for upper primary and lower secondary English students. I integrated Web 2.0 tools into English lessons which require students to create multimedia texts. I chose my favourite free online digital storytelling, visual arts and research tools. Five teacher friends trialled these lessons in the classroom, so… Continue Reading