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 on Teacher Tube - Videos and top tips to add to your own sites and blogs
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activprimary, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Peter Lambert, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Web 2.0 | Comment (1) »Tens of thousands of you have been finding the Promethean "top tips" on teachertube and it is now one of the top Professional Development channels on the service. These are the same top tips found on Promethean Planet but you can ...
Going to NECC? Check out this “Using Google Earth with Activstudio” workshop!
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Game Based Learning, Google, Inspirational ideas and people, Pedagogy, Web 2.0, Your Stories | Comments (0) »Gail Soriano from Avoca West School has a presentation planned for NECC at San Antonio...."Choose Your Own Adventure in the Rain Forest" The presentation is on Monday, June 30, 2008 from 2:00-3:00 in HGCC 214 A/B Gail and her co-presenter will be ...
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 ...
Interactive Whiteboards in Early Years
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Classroom Ideas, Contributors, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, Laura O'Halloran, Pedagogy, Promethean Products, Your Stories | Comments (0) »A couple of months back I had the pleasure of visiting The Kennford Playbox - a newly opened pre-school in Devon, which is the first part of a project to create a new community building - the Kenn Centre ...
Where angels fear to tread
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Activprimary, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Contributors, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, John Self, Promethean Products | Comments (4) »Where angels fear to tread I have forgotten exactly how many times in the past three years I have visited a school well resourced with interactive technology, only to find it underused or, even more disturbing, not used at all. Last ...
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 ...
How do you balance every day teaching with testing?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Expression, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Theory Into Practice | Comments (4) »Teaching in a "SATS" year in the UK is always a challenge! The issue being how do you balance every day teaching needs with the continuous "eye" on that "week in May". The same issue exists elsewhere, such as ...
