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April 2013
- #TMSwansea – 16.05.13
- Live, online revision with yr 13, using Google Docs
- Interim report on Welsh history and Curriculum Cymreig
- #TLAB 13 – Rebooting my teaching: Stealing ideas from primary schools and shaking up my secondary classroom
February 2013
January 2013
- Teachmeet Bett presentation
- Stepping out pt2 – Getting the most from Digital Opportunities
- Stepping out pt 1 – Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference – March 16th
- … And we’re back
- What do I pass on?
- Making Marking More Manageable
- History Walk
- Resources – New posters
- Happy New Year!
December 2012
- Joining the dots in my crystal ball – Using Open Badges to accredit Digital Literacies with Hwb
- Should we drop the ‘digital’ from the National Learning Event?
- Feedback on Hwb
November 2012
- Revision rebooted
- Ten things #10 – Embrace Failure
- Ten things #9 – Project Based Learning
- Ten things #8 – No hands up
- Ten things #7 – Stop giving grades
- Ten things #6 – Success Criteria
- Ten things #5 – Collaboration
October 2012
- Ten things #4 – Make videos
- ten things… #3 Write blogs
- Ten things… #2 – Read blogs
- Ten things… #1 – Twitter
- Reflection on TMClevedon
- 10 things I learned from rebooting my teaching – Presentation to #TMClevedon
- Quick and easy ‘lollysticks’ for no hands up
- Creating an online space for your class
- E-learning updates – Surviving death by 1000 emails
- iPad trial – first steps
- E-learning coordinator
- Badges update
- Throwing a History party
- Back to blogging: Reflecting on a year rebooting my teaching
June 2012
- A conversation with myself
- Technoteach Bring and Brag – Swansea 21st June
- P2PU Introduction
- Power of the personal – a good management lesson
- Blogging survey – my response
- Should we just say ‘well done’
- Learning events in Wales in June
May 2012
- The critical friend – a reply to Mark Clarkson
- #openbadges / #digitialstudies / ICT update
- ipadology, chickens, eggs and coloured plastic cups.
- Technology for teaching, learning and CPD – PS Session May 2012
- purpos/ed take 2 – The purpose of education is…
April 2012
- Tweeting Historical Events
- How digital badges could revolutionise ICT teaching – a plan.
- Blogs I read – updated
February 2012
- Watch this – Dylan Wiliam on the future of jobs, schools and getting the best teachers
- Rebooting in practice #2 – Yr 8: Tudor Life
- Rebooting in practice #1 – Yr 8: Problems of monarchy
- What the Minister Saw
- Metacognition images
- Plenary questions
- T&L lunchtimes
- Reboot reflection – mid point
- Forgetting my big idea (or How I made my GTA video)
- 50 question challenge
- “Tell me how, Dave” or ‘Some thoughts on a future National Curriculum for Wales’ (!)
January 2012
- Things I need to remind myself of from time to time
- Idea: Immersion Wall
- Sharing my resources – help yourself!
- New Years Resolutions.
- The Dichotomy of Feedback
- Term one in review.
- Rebooting Review – Term One
- My submission to the Review of Digital Classroom Teaching Task and Finish Group
December 2011
- Teacher exchange – a suggestion
- Infographics – Assessment idea
- Mark all as read. Except…
- How I use.. My phone and Flickr
- Why History teachers should join Twitter, and how to go about it!
- Schama on History (5 minutes with…)
- Where for art thou blogging?
September 2011
- Visiting 1780
- Databases starter
- P4C
- Oh my life. It works!
- Rebooting my teaching – index
- Rebooting my teaching: What?
- Rebooting my teaching – How?
- Rebooting my teaching – Why?
- Rebooting my teaching – Introduction
- Facelift
June 2011
- The elephant in the corner of the education system
- Communism vs Capitalism for yr 9
- Purpos/ed – My year 7 form on the future of education!
May 2011
- 7 offline ideas in 7 minutes
- My next big problem?
- …now attack it with scissors!
- …and now throw it across the classroom!
April 2011
- Marking stickers
- Reading for a purpose
- All vote now…
- Barriers to learning #4 – Examinations
- Barriers to learning #3 – The factory system
- The problem with a lot of e-learning resources part 2.
- The problem with a lot of “e-learning” resources
- Barriers to teachers sharing resources – copyright
- 6 ideas for classroom displays
March 2011
- Barriers to learning #2 – The year group
- Barriers to learning#1 – The tyranny of the timetable.
- Getting back on the horse. Again.
- Purpos/ed – The story so far
- Year 9 and the Alternative Vote
February 2011
- Teachmeet Cardiff
- #TMCardiff – Handing over the curriculum, or, How I stopped worrying and learned to love the chaos
- #TMCardiff – Why my flipchart beats your interactive whiteboard!
- New Years resolutions
November 2010
- What’s the point?
- Should there a blogging element to the Portal? – My two pennies worth
- First half term review – Pt 2 – Their take
- If…
- Include your silliest idea, then find me your worst…
- First half term review pt 1 – My take
- Google Apps tricks and tips
October 2010
- The Missing Blog posts: 2. Teachmeet Bev
- The Missing Blog Posts: Pt 1 – Teachmeet SHP
- What can you do with a mobile phone?
- 16th Century Facebook
September 2010
June 2010
- Why the learning revolution isn’t happening
- Rant
- CPD on demand – Can you help build it?
- WCYDWT? #3 Castles
- What I did with this: The World Turned Upside Down
May 2010
- WCYDWT: The World Turned Upside Down
- What I did with this: Losing your head
- WCYDWT: Losing your head
- WCYDWT: The History Edition
- Content Generator Revision Games for WJEC History GCSE
April 2010
- Reflections from BectaX Pt 2: Gathering the learner voice (‘Sod this. We’ll do it ourselves’)
- Reflections on BectaX Pt 1: From a connecting school (‘It looks like CTU in here!’)
October 2009
August 2009
- Things to try
- 8 Way Thinking
- Creating facebook profiles
- Seeing details in main Google Calendar screen. Can it be done?
June 2009
- Moodle Training – sucesses so far
- Pushing the VLE
- Clarifying Copyright (or least, trying to slightly unmuddy the waters)
May 2009
- Mini Nick and Margaret
- “Secondary children universally miss primary school”. Really?!?
- The role of mentoring / coaching
- You Tube help
- Handing it over : Part 2 (not quite so sucessful!)
- Handing it over – Part 1 (success)
April 2009
March 2009
- What do you want to learn today – World War 1 Treasure Hunt
- Why use Google Apps in schools?
- e-safety and e-learning advice in planners.
- Shaking up post 16 in Swansea
- EBI buttons and other ideas
- Refelctions on seminar on use of mobile devices in education at Apple HQ
- The danger of Comic Relief
- I want one of these…
- Teenages, sleep patterns, and a bigger picture
February 2009
- Weekly tips
- Learning to summarise with Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka.
- Fantasy Inset
- Advice to anyone delivering inset
- Following up on ‘suggesting a website’
- Suggest a website
- Getting teacher feedback with Google Forms
- Giving sixth formers blue teeth
January 2009
- Early Computer Memories
- What would you add to Moodle?
- Where are we heading?
- Gin and Tonic?
- And I’m feeling good
- We didn’t start the fire
- Skills Wordle
- Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
- Wanted: Schools to link up with our year 7 classes
- Turning Bloom on its side
- Sociology resources
- Is it ‘Old Skool’ if it’s by email?
- Blowing Bubbls
- Back with a blog, not a whimper
