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.
Education Blog:
Poetry and Photostories – Evaluative Case Study
February 2, 2010 - MSc, Professional Development -Twitter Tag @BETT2010
December 21, 2009 - Professional Development, Uncategorized -
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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…
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.
Evangelising web2.0 for schools – Sacha Chua
September 3, 2009 - Professional Development, Whole School Issues -Picked this up via Free Technology for Teachers this morning. It’s nice to come across someone with a sunny disposition on the web especially when it’s blowing a force 4 Yorkshire gale outside so thank you Sacha. Check out her slideshow on Web2.0 for teachers…
Taking Stock – is this blog worth it?
August 6, 2009 - Comment, Professional Development -
Electric Chalk is nearly a year old (at least in its current incarnation) and I feel the need to evaluate.
I’m quite pleased with the way the blog looks and the visitor numbers are good but I’m a bit demoralised that visits are short and virtually nobody is leaving comments. Also, I suspect I’ve lost sight of what this blog is actually for.
How do you train web2.0?
June 28, 2009 - Comment, Professional Development, Whole School Issues -
The quick answer is I don’t think you can. Or should. The key is to cultivate an organisation that embraces change, novelty and risk across the board, not just in ICT. Something a fair few schools feel discouraged from doing.
Here’s the long answer…
Film Ed’s CP3 Conference – last bookings
June 16, 2009 - Professional Development -If you are interested in using digital video as a teaching and learning tool then this conference by Film Education comes highly recommended. It’s in Liverpool this year.
I’ve blogged about…
Immersive technologies and education
June 11, 2009 - Professional Development, software -
Had an interesting day out on Monday at Nottingham Uni. Nick Mount and Gary Priestnall in the school of geography were hosting a workshop on the uses of immersive technologies in education.…
“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…