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Twitter Tag @BETT2010

December 21, 2009 - Professional Development, Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: Image - Mr Ush on FlickrA suggestion for the rules of Twitter Tag at BETT2010 – comments welcome…

links for 2009-07-06

July 6, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Blog appearance

June 9, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Hi all,
the blog is still not updated properly so this isn’t anything like the finished redesign. Aaron has a tummy bug (bless him), hence the delay.

Blog going offline

May 28, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Aaron’s updating the site with our new theme and widgets which is why it all looks a bit tatty.
Keep checking back.

Blog outage

April 23, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

To whom it matters (both of you) – sorry the site has been down due to technical shenanigans out our hosts.
In a few weeks we’ll be launching a new design and moving host so everything will look a little…

Green-screen filming for education

January 30, 2009 - Uncategorized, software - By: Chris

Pic: Green screen painted wallA really useful and fun thing to use in teaching and learning. Seeing people students have filmed magically transported to far away times or places creates a real “ooh” moment and can enhance teaching about storytelling methods or appreciation of place or period.

Bett 2009

January 15, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Aaron

Pic: head_bett_logo2Just thought I’d mention that Chris – the main blogger on ElectricChalk will be at Bett from today, so there won’t be any posts until Monday.
Expect some new news or ideas from him when he gets back. (Also,…

Making trailers with Year 9 English Students

November 26, 2008 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

I want to showcase some work that one of our partnership schools has done with our help.
Tom Gardiner at Birley Community College in Sheffield finished this project this week. It’s part of a wider module on character archetypes and…

Gaming in Education – update

November 19, 2008 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Thought I’d draw your attention to this to widen your gaming horizons.
Had a comment from Dan Livingstone at the Learning Games blog (go there now, it’s good!) helpfully directing me to Derek Robertson’s

Choosing PC Video Editing Software

October 17, 2008 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

This is quite a tough decision for schools especially if no one has much experience of digital video work. I’m assuming here that the software is going to be used for KS3 (11+) and above and mainly for media and…