#classroomorg
The next few blog posts I will be writing will all be related to classroom organisation. They are a mixture of suggestions from my own classroom and crowd…
Read moreShared Writing
Shared Writing is a resource designed to support children in developing their writing skills. It focus’ on word and sentence level. Once children have…
Read moreBusy Things
Very rarely do I write a post about a commercial piece of software. But Busythings is no ordinary…
Read moreZondle in a Primary School Setting
This post is designed to go through the simplest and quickest steps to get www.zondle.com making an impact…
Read moreStrategically planning for use of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the classroom
***After all the below post I finally decided to hold fire for a few months on purchasing tablets. This will allow me to see the durability of such devices…
Read morePosterous: The perfect school blogging platform
This post explains how I have used the free Posterous blogging platform across all classes in our school.
Now I admit to being behind the game in terms…
Read morePrimary Framework units with related books and other engaging resources
This post is about sharing books that you and your learners value when delivering Primary Framework units. If you have other resources that will support…
Read moreRIP Flip Video Camera. Hello there Kodak Playsport…
On April 12th Cisco announced that they would no longer be selling the extremely popular Read more
Using ICT to impact on basic skills
Our ICT skills curriculum is being used fantastically well. We have the ICT Mark and regularly use software to support Literacy…
Read moreInstructions: Zack & Wiki Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
I wanted to use a computer game as integral part of our Year 1 Pirate theme. We had touched on this with the Read more
Evernote for a Skills Based ICT Curriculum
Evernote has lots of possibilities in developing supporting systems for learning. I’ve already written about using it as an evidence storage Read more
Pirate Theme
For our latest theme we have become pirates, sailing across the high seas to visit distant lands.
The starting point for planning was to combine two…
Read moreEvernote for Evidence
For a while now I’ve been trying to think of a way to capture those learning experiences that occur outside of traditional books. I felt this would be…
Read moreCinderella Theme
A theme based on Cinderella? Surely that will switch boys off? Read on and find out…
When forming this theme I started by looking…
Read moreCiHandheld
CiHandheld – Curriculum Ideas for Hand Held Devices
The intention of this form is to act as a central, collaborative resource of ideas for how to use…
Read moreQR Codes for Individual Targets
Today I had my first proper play with QR Codes. If you are not familiar with them, they are basically weird looking ‘barcodesque’ things that can be scanned…
Read moreFa Mulan Theme
My final theme in Year 4 was based on exploring the Far East, under the title of the fantastic Chinese story, Fa Mulan. The bulk of the theme was based…
Read moreInteractive Tutorials
Below are links to posts containing sets of tutorials created using an interactive pen. Their primary audience are parents although they have been created…
Read moreICT Progression Maps
I created these progression maps in 2007 to support teachers’ use of our ICT Curriculum, which I developed from Read more
The Future
Several things have occurred in the last few months that have led me to writing this post.
Firstly, we stopped our subscription to the fantastic Bett…
Read moreThe Missing Tool: Online Document Editing
In 2007 I introduced Google Apps for Education at our 2 form entry Primary…
Read moreICT & Writing: STORYBIRD
Storybird is a website that allows you to write a story using fantastic artwork by illustrators. You…
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#classroomorg
Shared Writing
Busy Things
Zondle in a Primary School Setting
Strategically planning for use of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the classroom
Posterous: The perfect school blogging platform
Kidsmeet
Primary Framework units with related books and other engaging resources
#ukedchat
RIP Flip Video Camera. Hello there Kodak Playsport…
Zondle
Using ICT to impact on basic skills
Instructions: Zack & Wiki Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
Evernote for a Skills Based ICT Curriculum
Pirate Theme
Evernote for Evidence
Cinderella Theme
CiHandheld
QR Codes for Individual Targets
Fa Mulan Theme
Interactive Tutorials
ICT Progression Maps
The Future
The Missing Tool: Online Document Editing
ICT & Writing: STORYBIRD



























