The first semester of my MSc is now complete. The final assignment was an evaluative case study on a project using photostories as a way of helping Year 11 students develop their skills in analysing poetry. I’ve posted the document and comments are welcome.
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Poetry and Photostories – Evaluative Case Study
February 2, 2010 - MSc, Professional Development -Farewell Fliggo
January 18, 2010 - D-Ed Pool, Web Tools, Whole School Issues -
Here’s another entry to the D-Ed Pool, technology that has fallen by the wayside, and it’s an interesting one as it’s a service I quite liked but also is a good example of one of the main pitfalls of using web2.0 tools for education.
Twitter Tag @BETT2010
December 21, 2009 - Professional Development, Uncategorized -
A suggestion for the rules of Twitter Tag at BETT2010 – comments welcome…
Thoughts on the iPod Touch for Edu
December 17, 2009 - Comment, Equipment, Whole School Issues -
To what extent does the iPod Touch contribute to pedagogical change? On it’s own I’m not sure it does. It’s designed with a different purpose in mind. Having tried one out for a few weeks these are some of my initial thoughts as an aide memoire (and they probably will change over time).
Wallwisher – Review for my MSc
November 24, 2009 - MSc, Site of the Week, Web Tools -
One of the activities this semester for the Technology Enhanced Learning Innovation and Change MSc has been to examine a free Web2.0 tool and to post our reflections on it. I chose to do Wallwisher after a…
CP3 Conference – resources available
November 17, 2009 - Professional Development, Site of the Week -
Film Education’s CP3 conference is a routinely excellent occasion and well worth your attention if you are involved in using digital media in education. I’ve blogged about it before.
The last event was in Liverpool (way…
The greatest idea I ever had…
November 12, 2009 - Equipment, Tips and Techniques -
…apart from the Creme Egg toastie.
For simple impact to cost ratio this was a belter.
We have lots of headphones. I mean, hundreds! They get boxed up at the end of our sessions as they’re mostly attached to…
A New Online Clock
November 11, 2009 - Web Tools -
Online-Stopwatch.com has hijacked Electric Chalk (Sorry Chris!) to tell you about the new Online Clock and Online Alarm Clock features.
Both clocks are really easy to use – and of course, free 
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Web 2.0 in schools – Practical considerations
November 4, 2009 - Comment, Professional Development, Web Tools -
We’ve embarked on a project with some of our primaries recently to investigate using web2.0 applications for teaching and learning.
One thing that has come out even in the first few weeks is that actually, all is not as rosey as it could be. I’m becoming a bit more pragmatic when it comes to a vision of a web2.0 future.
“Cell Groups” and CPD
February 3, 2010 - Comment, MSc, Professional Development, Whole School Issues, cpd - By: ChrisThere’ve been quite a lot of new developments regarding CPD in the…