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 ...
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 ...
Activclassroom and Teacher Retention
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Inspirational ideas and people, Lisa Dubernard, Pedagogy, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Special Education | Comments (0) »One of the most critical issues education faces is the hiring and retaining of excellent teachers. In fact, teacher retention is typically one of the key goals for most school districts as a well as individual schools. Below you will ...
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 ...
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 ...
The lengths people go to….
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Your Stories | Comment (1) »Having seen the Promethean interactive whiteboards in her daughter's school (St Mary & St Pauls First School, Harting). Jo saw the benefits for 2 ½ year old daughter Skye who when she saw the board became very sociable and animated. ...
ACTIV-Math Lessons That Work
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Heather Monks | Comments (2) »Recently an article was posted on the UK Planet site entitled Maths Marvelous, by TLA Chris Stone. http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/nav.5975 If you have not had a chance to read it and you teach math whether it is primary or high school, I ...
An immersive digital learning environment
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, Peter Lambert | Comment (1) »Last week I was fortunate enough to visit Brichta Elementary school in Tucson and saw a school totally immersed in technology. http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/Brichta/ Promethean boards in most classrooms, but also a mixed economy of both laptops and desktops and both Apple Macs ...
