I was lucky enough to attend another excellent Teachmeet in Swansea on Wednesday , this one at Prentrehafod School. It’s funny seeing different schools and hosts focus on different elements of the Teachmeet. For example, tonight the audience were in rows, rather than around tables (which I still prefer), but the time limit was strictly […]
Who you gonna call? The E-safety helpline (9)
We spent some of today’s training day talking about the various ways that schools can make sure their e-safety policies and practices are up to date (there are a range of links and resources in the E-Safety section of Hwb that are free to access even if you teach outside Wales). The discussion moved on […]
What might Digital Literacy / Competence look like in terms of lessons? (day 8)
While we’re waiting to hear what the Welsh Government’s response will be to the Donaldson Report, it was noticeable how many companies were tweeting within 24 hours of the report’s publication that they could provide your school with a solution to ‘Digital Competence’. Best of luck to them, although you might want to ask them […]
Copyright free images for teachers and learning (7)
I wrote this yesterday, but struggled to get it online from my mid-Wales hotel. I’m going to post it now, and add the images tomorrow! There are few things that annoy me more than an image in a teacher-created resource with a big watermarked copyright sign in the middle of it. We (quite rightly) pick […]
What questions can you ask if everyone can see the answers? #28daysofwriting
Image credit: Discussions. CC Licensed on Wikimedia Commons Cross posted on Staffrm.io One of the first tools we get teachers starting with on Hwb+ is the discussions tool. It allows teachers and students to start and contribute to discussions in their class site (in primary) or their subject / yr group site (in secondary). […]
#28daysofwriting – Hwb part 2 – Logging in gets you…
No post for three days. Slipping a bit. Once upon a time that would have thrown me and a blog-avoiding wobble would have followed. Now I seem much more able to shrug, go ‘oh well’, and carry on. So, where were we? In my last post I wrote about what ‘Hwb’ is, how it came […]
#28daysofwriting – What’s this Hwb all about then?
It’s probably worth stating my normal disclaimer at this point. This post is a personal reflection and in no way should be taken as an official Welsh Government document. Any errors are mine. An old adage states that you should write about what you know. Right now, most of my working time spent working with […]
Joining the dots in my crystal ball – Using Open Badges to accredit Digital Literacies with Hwb
Some thoughts… 1. I commented on one of the things that impressed me most about the plans for Hwb was how it joined the dots between a number of existing plans and technologies. 2. The previous week the National Qualifications Review recommended that: R28 The Welsh Government should work with awarding organisations and stakeholders to […]
Feedback on Hwb
Last Thursday I went to Carmarthen to one of four regional meetings about the about-to-launch Wales National Learning Portal – Hwb. As a few people have asked, I thought it would be useful to put together a summary of what we found out. Hwb will be a public facing content repository. All the NGfL Cymru […]