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Free scheme of work for OCR Nationals unit 1

14, Sep 2009

Updated: click here for details
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?
Some Rights Reserved is a [...]

Accessibility in e-learning

30, Aug 2009

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”. In the New York Times analysis of the report, Steve Lohr said:
Until fairly recently, online education amounted to little more than electronic versions of the old-line correspondence courses. That has changed with [...]

Link roundup: September

24, Aug 2009

From Now On
I really have to start the first roundup of useful links with the first site that got me really thinking about the role of technology in education. Jamie McKenzie takes a cautionary role, looking for the good in applying technology rather than evangelising. He provides excellent food for thought, and was quoted [...]

Key questioning: don’t skip steps

4, Aug 2009

From firm foundations…
When I was training to teach, one of my tutors had a section on his lesson plan proforma entitled “vocab”. At the time, I wondered what possible reason there would be to have a vocab section for an ICT lesson plan – the kids know the vocab, right?
Early this year, my department ran [...]

On the Rose reforms, and kicking up a stink

6, Jun 2009

I was interviewed by a freelance journalist for a TES article recently, and was told that our LA ICT advisor was unhappy with the comment I gave on the Rose reforms. “Good ICT is very difficult to teach, and rarely gets beyond skills building, or ‘trivial pursuits’ in primary schools,” I said, annoying primary ICT [...]

Working to levels 4 & 5

6, May 2009

Two A1-size posters. Working to levels 4 & 5 has details from the level descriptors, as well as four A4-sized spaces for exemplar work. View preview, or full size.
Plan, do, review shows a simplified version of the systems life cycle. View preview, or full size.


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