Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Leavers assembly… The final few minutes of twelve plus years in compulsory education. In this past seventeen months [the time I have been at The Academy], this is what I have observed? Here at The Wellington Academy, staff don’t want …
So the Team keeping an eye on Office Mix dropped me a line. Thanks for sharing the mix! We’d love to work with you to get this into a featured mix. Sure, why not?! Admittedly the Powerpoint needed a little …
Is that time of year again. Preparing the Y11 leavers assembly. I’m thinking about the advice we have shared with students up until this point and the supportive words that would help them drive to the finish line. Words that …
As teachers we are also on the lookout for inspiring self development comments. I don’t think they come much better than this. The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at age 90. “Because I think I’m …
Authoring with Office Mix really was straightforward. I plugged in a cheap (freebie) webcam, headset and mic, opened a familiar Powerpoint presentation resource and cracked on. The Mix tab was simple enough. Click “record” and use the arrow icons to …
Stuart Ball is one of the most enthusiastic educators I know. Rarely do we cross pathways and he is not smiling, laughing and evangelising (almost always technology or Science). When we last met up about a month ago Stuart was …
Adobe Voice is a free iPad app that helps you animate and explaining information or ideas quickly. Add you your voice, to crafted icons or photos or text, automatically combined with a soundtrack and effects. The sharing features are all …
