I’ve been lucky enough to get a ticket for the TeachMeet at BETT on Friday, and I’ve put my name down for a 2 minutes presentation. As we’ve been asked to provide materials in case we don’t get selected, I’m reserving this space now so I can pass the link on to the organisers. If […]
Stepping out pt2 – Getting the most from Digital Opportunities
I’m pleased to announce that from this term I’ll be working with Portal Training to lead an inset course, from their base in Cardiff, exploring ways to get the most of digital opportunities. The course I’ll be running is designed to be platform neutral (laptops, tablets, phones of any make and operating system are welcome) […]
Stepping out pt 1 – Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference – March 16th
I’m delighted to announce I’ll be speaking at the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference taking place at Berkhamsted School on Saturday 16th March. The event has been organised by Nick Dennis, who has put together a line up of amazing speakers (and me) for the amazingly small sum of £40. It’s also on a Saturday, […]
… And we’re back
Happy New Year! After two days of complete and utter shell shock I think I found my teaching feet today. So I thought I’d put a quick blog post together highlighting a couple of things from the week in the vague hope that it might become a habit 1. In ICT we’ve introduced a […]
What do I pass on?
Sometimes, if I get stuck on something, I’ll write out a blog post. They usually descend into stream of consciousness and I either find a solution or get a headache and stop. Either way I usually then delete the post. This time I’m going to publish it. Partly because it fits in with the stuff […]
Making Marking More Manageable
“I’ve just spent a cheerful hours of my time writing a program on my computer that will tell me instantly what the volume of the mound was. It’s a very neat and sexy program with all sorts of pop-up menus and things, and the advantage of doing it the way I have is that on […]
History Walk
As part of the school’s enrichment program we put together a History Walk for a group of yr 11 students. We walked them from school into town before they took a trip up the river for an organised tour and a visit to the two museums. I’ve included the notes that I put together for […]
Resources – New posters
I need to go through and sort out the resources section of the site, but I suspect that will end up as a summer job. In the mean time I’ve added some new posters that I’ve created in my room, including question posters, extended writing, source work and SOLO. Feel free to use them if […]
Happy New Year!
So I unintentionally and fairly unexpectedly had a mostly analogue Christmas. Just kind of left the laptop where it was, didn’t really look at Twitter (much) and had a really great time with my family. Now, with only a few days until we’re back to school I’m feeling… well, mostly overwhelmed actually. I’ve done that […]