The last post on this blog was on 7th Feb 2018, ironically announcing my return to blogging! Since then, for a whole range of reasons, it’s laid undisturbed by author or (I suspect) reader. One of the things that has stopped me putting finger to keyboard has, I suspect, been the time it’s taken me […]
When something is better than nothing
Having felt a bit sniffly over the weekend, I’m only just now emerging from a few days in a lurgy induced haze of lemsip and tissues. As is often the case after a dose of some bug or another it can take a few days to get back to any kind of normal working rhythm. […]
Launching NetworkEdCymru
Several years ago I was lucky enough to be involved with a group of Welsh educators who started the #addcym hashtag and weekly chats on Twitter that focussed on Welsh education. For various reasons, that petered out after a few years. I’m pleased to say that it looks as though a new group of educators […]
Day 2 – posting from my mobile
I’m sat in the swimming pool changing room with child 2, while child 1 swims. It struck me that one of the ways I might find some spare minutes here and there is to make use of the mobile WordPress app. Downloaded, installed, logged in and here we go… I’ve found myself increasingly using mobile […]
Another 28 days of writing
When I started my teaching career I quickly found huge benefit from being part of the online history teaching community that made up the forums at the schoolhistory.co.uk website. The idea that I could not only ask questions of a range of excellent teachers in a variety of settings but also put up my own […]
Move in progress
Quick warning – the blog is in the process of moving servers ahead some new posts* As a result, several posts are missing images, and a few of the pages aren’t working. Normal service will be resumed shortly… *Yes, I know I said that last time, but I’ve already got some of them […]
Dusting off the blog, and setting myself a challenge
After half a term back in the classroom I’m going to have a go and resurrecting the blog. Half term week saw me finally catch up with all the blogs in my feedly account, and I’ve got a few things I’m keen to start writing about. So, knowing that the best laid plans of mice […]
#TMSHP16
Teachmeets have been a part of the ‘fringe’ of the Schools History Project (SHP) Conference for several years now, but this year I decided to try something a little different. Inspired in part by Ewan McIntosh’s account of the early Teachmeets and the rules that had been lost along the way (including the ‘No Powerpoint’ […]
‘There’s no such thing as a magic bullet’ – Digital Learning workshop at #SHP16
Just a quick post to link to the materials for this workshop which are now available online at is.gd/shp16 . Thanks to everyone that came to the sessions – really enjoyed chewing over some of these ideas with some great educators. Hopefully more SHP Conference related posts will follow soon! 5481
Less surfing, more digging
While the huge increase of the number of blogging teachers over the last few years is brilliant, I’ve become aware that much of what’s gets written is largely washing over me. I’ll tweet a few links, note a few ideas, but I’ve largely been surfing on a wave of other people’s ideas. One the features […]