Markee
Is this a gimmick or can it real application in classrooms? Markee™ is a ‘Dry Erase Paint.’ Apply 8 to 10 thin coats of MarkeeExpo paint and the surfce is just like a dry-wipe board? Is it that easy? Can the …
Lead Practitioners Day (HIAS)
M is for Masters or Mmmm go on… Deepening and Developing Professional Learning, a presentation from Hilary Francis, Winchester University, (profile coming soon…) a very impassioned presentation encouraging the development of learning hubs and decentralised learning opportunities within a school (I like …
Fujitsu? Possibly….
As we continue to pursue bids from vendors for a new blade server infrastructure, we invite Fujitsu’s Edgar Rich (Enterprise Solutions) to Hamble College. In turn Edgar encouraged we take a leap of faith in the kit and furthermore he was very receptive …
You need to…. use thank you
You need to…. say thank you, Kristian (voice rising not falling). Wednesday was set aside for staff CPD. With a David Stott presenting on ‘Dealing with Challenging Behaviour,’ I was looking forward to the event, for me personally and our …
Professional Firsts
Final posting for the weekend. I have two professional firsts. This year I am mentoring our first ICT GTP student. So far the process has involved advertising the post, interviews and appointment processes. Supporting the application to the GTP programme at Reading University (obviously …
Digital Leaders 2010
Last year we introduced Digital Leaders. This is with question, my most favourite teaching innovation of 2008-9. Based on the GEN Yes concept of students working with teaching staff, we conceived the Digital Leader positions to include; extra-curricular ICT the …
OCR Units 4
Unit 4 The design and production of a multimedia product (MMP) has been a very positive teaching experience for me as a teacher. It was the first unit we introduced as a Department that put the students in the driving seat, …
'I want to make a windmill.'
Always on the look out for inspiring stories, I had originally overlooked the William Kamkwamba story. I was teaching PE at the time and I was perhaps blinkered towards sporting, coaching anecodotes. When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor …