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28Nov

In the 4th century BC the Ptolemies of Alexandria began throwing money at the arts. They did not make the same distinctions between fields of study as we do today, and housed scholars from all disciplines together in the “Muses’ birdcage,” blurring the lines between otherwise disparate disciplines. I think this should be the role of ICT in the modern curriculum.Continue Reading

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16Nov

Aside from pontificating at the front of a classroom, hands down my favourite thing about teaching is developing schemes of work. I find there’s something extremely satisfying in developing a project that forms part of a larger whole, knowing its place within that whole, and knowing what else is needed in order to guarantee a good coverage of skills.Continue Reading

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13Apr

Assessing Pupil Progress was introduced in 2010 to supplement the level descriptors for ICT, and I like it. I’d never, ever print out A3 copies of the assessment criteria and give them to the kids, but as a tool for planning out a curriculum, APP is great.Continue Reading

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14Sep

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Good lord it’s been a long time since I made a post. The reality is that I’ve been working on this for about four months, in and around everything else that’s been going on. It’s now just about ready for release, so here it is.
What is it?
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30Aug

A recent US Department of Education report concluded that “on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction”. With the way current e-learning environments are set up, I don’t see how… with usability barely registering in the mind of most course creators, students are left searching the labyrinthine maze of hyperlinks to find resources.Continue Reading

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20Aug

We’re not in the ‘90s anymore, and sitting a kid in front of a computer generates little more excitement than sitting them in front of a toaster. In a society where computers are truly ubiquitous, they can’t be expected to be intrinsically exciting. How impressed would you be to find a TV in a classroom? What if I said it received Ceefax?Continue Reading

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