Whole group extended writing on the Activboard
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »I have used low cost, portable student devices like the Alphasmart™ with students for years and it is likely there may be some in your school or class. Generally I has used them for independent writing activities, but the problem of ...
Promethean flipcharts can be found in pan-European learning object repository
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Further & Higher Education, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Policy and Funding, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Web 2.0 | Comments (0) »The European schoolnet have just launched a new portal for educators -the MELT Learning Resource Exchange (LRE) portal for schools. You can find open educational resources and assets from many different countries and providers, including 16 Ministries of Education and Promethean, ...
What are nearly quarter of billion kids using and could it have a place in your class?
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Game Based Learning, Geek Corner, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Personalised Learning | Comments (2) »For this to be a geek post - it would have to be about something slightly quirky and attracting a small, select group - but the numbers I am looking at would suggest there is something radical going on that ...
Don’t let distance bother you in your Activclassroom
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Web 2.0, Your Stories | Comments (0) »It is great to hear how you can help all the children in your care, but this story from Laura Smith from Avon Lake City Schools is really heart-warming. One of her students has dialysis 3 days a week but instead ...
Mission to Mars - help us find our spaceship
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson | Comments (0) »If you have some interest in Science you may be following the Phoenix mission to Mars. If you were not up late (in the UK) last weekend, then you missed something very exciting. Live date (telemetry) was coming over the Internet ...
Newspaper creators and talking squirrels
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Activprimary, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Geek Corner, Mark Robinson, Web 2.0 | Comments (0) »I really like this... I found it described on this great blog by Jason De Nys. With the Newspaper Generator you can type into a webpage and it will create a newspaper type image instantly. Try it by clicking here. But that is ...
Online Video - Getting better?
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Early Years and Primary, Further & Higher Education, Mark Robinson, Secondary Education, Web 2.0 | Comments (0) »Wouldn't it be nice to have James Blunt help with your geometry lessons? Well now he can.... and your class can sing along too. http://www.totlol.com/watch/o2Z6tDSb6c8/James-Blunt-on-Sesame-Street/0/ TOTLOL is basically a moderated version of YouTube that has just started up. Moderators select videos that ...
A lesson in effective presentation at the Hoover Dam…
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Mark Robinson, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »You have to love learning to be a teacher. Like many of my other educator friends - I like holidays where I visit museums or learn new things. This time, my leave took me to Nevada & Arizona and the majestic ...
Send your kids to the moon!!
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Geek Corner, Mark Robinson | Comments (3) »Well we might want to some times... But seriously... NASA are including a list of names on a special microchip that will travel inside the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). You can sign up your students from this website It only takes ...
Google Maps gets Contour Lines!!!!!
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Google, Mark Robinson, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »Not content with the powerful combination of maps and aerial images - Google have now added contour line data for many parts of the world! The new "terrain" options combine with the other established features to offer an amazing toolkit for ...
