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I love Autumn. The change of the colours of trees. The drawing in of the evenings. Some people don’t like leaving and returning from work in the dark; me too, but those days where you catch those lovely autumnal sunsets and sunrises with that deep red winter sun are just…
I see so many teachers making the mistake of using Google Images and other image search tools to get images to use in their work. You can use search tools within the Google Image Search to ensure that you are only searching for creative commons free images by choosing the…
One of my bug bears is the limitation of fonts on my iPad. I mentioned in my post yesterday about wall displays that using fonts to add to your repertoire of title fonts for your displays can really make them sing. My favourite site for finding fonts is ‘Da Font and…
I love a good wall display. It can make the room or corridor come alive. I know how hard however it has been for me to get sorted with decent wall displays. My first head of department helped me loads. As an art teacher he taught me lots about how…
I love technology. Many are scared of using it, dreading that it will mess things up or, or worse still, be too hard to work out what to do. As a result they avoid it. I’d always argue, in the words of Bananarama, ‘It ain’t what you do, it’s the…
I want to be very clear from the outset… Technology can make a big difference. To students’ engagement. To students’ chances. To students’ outcomes. To students’ results. So let’s get IT right! There is no shadow of a doubt that the effects of mobile phones in a student’s pocket are…
On what occasion do you actually need to send an email to every member of your staff body? For me, there is nothing worse than being asked, “Haven’t you checked your emails yet today?” The fear of foreboding from what might be waiting there for you that the person who…
I was delighted to spend two days at the successful values based, Ledbury Primary School this week. My work there covered a number of areas including a digital parenting session for parents after school and some e-safety sessions, for Y1-5 but more on that in another post. Another part of…
What’s your favourite children’s book? That’s the question I asked recently on Twitter… Dear Twitter, could you pls share your favourite children's book on this Padlet wall for some Year 5's? >> http://t.co/pNr7XYpRMM Please RT — Mark Anderson (@ICTEvangelist) September 10, 2015 The response was really cool and thanks to…
Culture is really important. Get it wrong, things fall down around your ears. Get it right and you can be on to a winner! The term ‘branding’ as you’ll most likely know, comes from the age-old practice of charring the skin of your cattle with a mark. Sometimes this is done…
I’ve been a fan of Paper by 53 for years. When I first got it, you had to pay for the extra tools, so I got them. Then they added in colour mix, so I bought that too. The design was simply so beautiful and it was so intuitive…
It has been my distinct pleasure to meet and work with Kevin Matthews of the Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester, whilst taking part on the #ThinkGlobal15 conference tour in Japan. Kevin’s focus in the different events has been his specialist area of expertise surrounding Human Rights education. His school is recognised…
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