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
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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
iPads for Education
33 Useful Resources I’ve just been reading a useful document on iPads for Education by Tim Rudd, which he has kindly allowed me to share with you. Tim used to be at Futurelab but now heads up his own research, development and innovation organisation – Livelab You can download the document here and share it with… Continue Reading