How much space is in an atom and why is nothing actually “solid”?
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Free Resources, Further & Higher Education, Inspirational ideas and people, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »Teacher's domain is a great place to go for resources. You can sign up for free in order to access hundreds of very high multimedia clips and collections covering Science, Engineering and Maths, etc. It is biased to ...
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 ...
Is High School Science too Safe?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Further & Higher Education, Gautam Saha, Secondary Education | Comment (1) »As I reflect on my 5 years of teaching Chemistry in public high schools in this country, I cannot forget the common theme of the first raw questions students ask me as they come to class the first day 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, ...
Interactive Projectors?
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »Going into schools, as I do, Headteachers, ICT managers, are so excited in wanting to show you what their teachers are doing with their iwbs (interactive whiteboards). I have to say I love being able to watch a class totally ...
Effective use of video in Physical Education
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Amanda Holliday, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Promethean Products, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »Incorporating ICT into Physical Education can be a challenge. However, the activsoftware can provide tools that consolidate understanding of concepts and provide exciting ways for students to learn. Annotation over live video One effective method can be using a digital video camera ...
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 ...
Is it Education Reform or Deform with Buzzwords?
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Gautam Saha, Pedagogy, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Your Stories | Comment (1) »As I reflect back on my new career of 5 years as a public high school teacher I cannot resist but think of all the professional development workshops that I had to attend. I also recall all the graduate classes ...
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 ...
