Picture this: An entrance which directs you to the golf course, boys walking about in undergraduate black gowns and students posing somewhat Tommy Hilfiger-esque on the steps of the cricket pavilion. Add to this Ian Yorston cycling confidently by in pink socks and giving the impression of a traditional college professor and you quickly realise [...]
Hand an iPad to a group of students who are not used to a tablet and you can pretty much expect the first 10 -15 minutes to be taken up with them taking silly photos of each other. There’s nothing wrong with this, I believe that it needs to happen each time I start working with a [...]
It took some time to ask friend Nick Dennis (@nickdennis) why he was repeatedly tweeting about Multipliers. Nick is an avid reader of ‘clever’ books and tweets regularly about his latest read. He was adamant that this one was excellent. Even now, he regularly refers to behaviours referenced by the authors Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown and will say, “Think Multipliers [...]
A plea to James Shackley, Frog Support Manager as to how we could create a quick and easy webpage in Frog led to the exploration of Activity Pages. This is such an easy drag and drop method of building up a content webpage. You can create several of these and then link them together to [...]
I have developed more than a passing interest in SOLO taxonomy and I hang on to words of encouragement from those who urge, “Go for it.” It just makes sense to me; a simple way to enable students to note how far along the road they are to becoming astute critical thinkers. Today’s year 8 [...]
Although there are many apps currently being produced for iOS devices and teachers regularly recommend which of these they use in lessons, I haven’t always found it easy to discover a host of successful ideas for a particular academic subject, especially those which make use of an iPad in a senior school. Most educators collect bits and [...]
I always enjoy our Year 8 History day trip to the Leeds Armouries; despite the budget cuts, the education staff work hard to make it a memorable visit. Our focus for the day is on soldiers, arms and armour of the English Civil War. (1642 – 1651) The students take part in workshops and complete [...]
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“The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it’s going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years…” Steve Jobs Wired Magazine. 1996 Approximately 3 years ago there was one very useful piece of information I took away from an ICT strategy meeting I attended; don’t invest money in static computer [...]
Brian Sharland (@sharland): Hi Kerry, Excellent post with a lot of good suggestions I want to follow up on. I just want to…
Kerry: Thanks Brian - good points as always! It's true, any IT leader will already have had the cloud discussions as…
tcsteacher: Lots a great points and many that we have pondered as we gear up for what we are calling Phase…
Kerry: Thanks for that! And yes, you're quite right, I was very disappointed to read today that in the Dropbox small…
uksuperiorpapers: I think it is the parents and teachers who must make education relevant to students. Technology should become an inclusive…
It’s taken a little time in the refining process, but last week we had our final Frog VLE training session before platform launch. Afterwards, we met to discuss how we would move forward. Part of the discussion highlighted natural concerns regarding implementing something new into an already successful teaching and learning programme. Concerns were linked [...]
John McLear: What does "Standard Supportive" even mean? You mean it should adhere to web standards? Personally I feel you missed out…
Kerry: Whoops! Sorry John, I missed this comment. Happy for you to have your own opinions about VLE's and the failings…
jon (@depheadprep): A very thorough and detailed piece, thank you Kerry. We moved to Frog VLE a year ago and have got…
Kerry: Jon, thanks for the comments. Very useful to hear what has worked for you. Have I got things correct? You're…
When the iPad first came out in April 2010 (was it really just over 18 months ago?) I wasn’t blown away. Here was an Apple device (as opposed to a very familiar Windoze one) which was unable to sit comfortably on a school network. It lacked USB ports or a camera, it had no compatibility [...]
Greg Swanson: Hope this helps http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/01/go-back-in-time-with-12-world-history.html
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Nigel: Dear Kerry, Thanks for this. I have sent the link to our History teachers and have added a link to…
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