ArchivesPosts Tagged ‘OCR Nationals’

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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09Apr

Some Rights Reserved has been updated with more resources for unit 1 & video files for unit 23. The course is available for download as a Moodle course, or accessible in the resource bank.Continue Reading

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08Apr

Created to map to the OCR Nationals Level 2 framework for unit 23, these video editing resources are currently in-use in my school to great effect. Students take on the role of advertisers/VJs, creating an advert/music video to advertise a Some Rights Reserved concert aimed at promoting free music.Continue Reading

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28Mar

In the second leg of my plan to come up for air after a manic few months, I’m hoping to kickstart the blog back into action, after my recent return to Twitter. I now have the time to focus on the things I’ve had to neglect for a few months, so here’s a brief taster Continue Reading

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14Sep

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 Continue Reading

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10Aug

The social & moral implications of ICT are fascinating, yet I remember being taught about them when I was a student in a desperately dry, detached way. These handouts are designed to generate discussion – I’ll be using them with my OCR Unit 8 groups, splitting in to groups of 3 for discussion, then opening the floor up to the class after they describe their scenario.Continue Reading

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