Today was the 13th conference held at UWE, Bristol. The event was attended by what seemed like well over 500 people and there was inspiration abound. In my following posts I’m going to break down some of the seminars, keynotes and experiences I had today at the conference. It was,…
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From Evernote: Introductory keynote | ANTHONY SELDON Starter Chapel Gilbert Scott architecture What is the purpose of education? Govt need to address the issue 6 ways to change educational model. Move it forward. What’s wrong? Forget mission statements. Reality is schools are just about exam success. 1. Change to genuine…
From Evernote: Peter Hyman – unleashing potential Education simply not fitting what they need. Being taught ppl value x, y and z based on exams etc. Then when leave education, then u find out what skills and qualities employers really want. Bridge gap between what academics want and what employment…
From Evernote: Dan Roberts – change through student voice Saltash.net school (community) Vision. ICT underpinning everything they do. Good with some outstanding features. Like where I work. SSAT recognition for improvement. Student voice… We want to be free to use more technology. Also said, we want to learn how to learn….
From Evernote: Ollie Bray – Games based learning Consolarium. Set up to look at ICT in classroom. Contact @olliebray to get slides and notes from session. http://YouTube.com/consolarium Cultural relevance. Packaging. Business relevance. Esafety. Responsibility. Responsible use agenda ——-> PEGI Blurred boundaries. See the full gallery on Posterous
Please feel free to have a butchers at my presentation from TeachMeet. 30 iPad apps to engage and inspire Open publication – Free publishing – More ipads http://bit.ly/30ipadapps
Here’s how it all went down username date status ICTEvangelist 24/06/2011 RT @AmyG2191: @ICTEvangelist loved the 100 word challenge 4 classes and tutor group! #tmclevedon ICTEvangelist 23/06/2011 #teamclevedon – some photos from tonight now on Facebook – due some more from Zoe so will add those too. Thank u @teresatickoo…
30 apps in 7 minutesGaragebandPhotoshop express DJ mixerVirtuosoRebirthPrezi viewerDragon DictationQwikiGoogle EarthTwitterIplayerImdbBBC newsFood tech gamesYouTubeKindleiBooksPhotoboothColoureffectsAurasmaTime 2Ted talksGroovemakerLoopJClassicalGuardian eyewitness photosRj voyagerTap the frogiMovie
Reading – lots of free books! Buying is cheaper too.Definitions – will pop up at top of the screen. Encourages learning of new words.Built in dictionaryText-to-speech – kindle will read out book to you.Revision Guides Instead of a Textbook – make your ownStoring Research – convert word files to PDF…
100 Word ChallengeA word or picture is given as a prompt and students are given the task of producing a piece of creating writing using this prompt in 100 words. A different prompt each week. If you enter you must read another post. Looking for more entrants…particularly secondary pupils!
Tagxedo ArtYou can put in words and it will create a piece of art with those words. The more the word appears the bigger the word will be in the artwork. You can change the shape of the picture the words appear in. Great for poetry, key words…etc
2 ideas for infantsinfant encyclopaedia – amazing amount of information covering various primary topics. TES Iboard
Puppet Pals HDPut in your own backgrounds and characters and create animations for plenaries, covering the topic from the lesson. Great fun !
Scratch softwareAnimation type programme – creating animation through code. Appealing to students, very colourful. Blocks of code can be dragged and dropped. Useful for teaching logic, maths, storytelling. Completely free and lots of support for users and students.
A few ideas for the classroomGoogle sites – creating websitesOnline jigsaws – can import any image and things can be dragged into place. Great for starters!World news site – picks out today’s world news from a variety of different sites. What is important news for each country?Google-a-day – gives a…
Virtual presentation of 7 ideas in 7 minutes1 primaryschool.com/avatars – make your own characters2 isle of tune – creating music through cars moving on a road around obstacles3 physicsgames.net 4 wordsearchmaker.net5 ideas to inspire – a range of ideas shared, interesting ways to use hardware and software6 under ten minutes.com7…
Gifted and TalentedDon’t be up the front as a teacher… Get the students in charge of their lessons. Thinking about how they learn and the language of learning. Getting students to believe in themselves. Getting gifted and talented to work harder too. It’s good to make mistakes, try the harder…
Maths Memory Game – you can write in your own facts! Great for revision on any topic or subject!
Dimensions websiteGoogle – how big really. Shows different events based on your area. E.g oil spills, floods, space, war on terror, all based on your area.
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