Is it worth teaching it, if we can google it?

 
Well its holidays for me at the moment and all though im trying to switch off and not think too much about school, its been hard especially when ive been immersed with so many fantastic, thought provoking and inspiring ideas .  Anyway while on a run earlier this week, ipod cranking in my ears i was still thinking about some [...]

Are you engaging your students?

I stumbled across this video today while surfing through youtube on a completely unrelated topic and what a gem it proved to be. This is the kind of thing that motivates me to continue to research and introduce teaching technologies into my classes. If you disagree with the message in this [...]

How to get instant feedback from your students

Occasionally you come across a tool that gets you excited, gets you flowing with ideas and this next one certainly fits the criteria
www.polleverywhere.com
Once signing up for a free account this website allows you to create online polls using a multiple choice format. Within a few minutes you will have created your first poll, ready for download via [...]

My First Virtual Guest Speaker…

 

 
I love the school days were you wake up super excited about the day ahead, today was most definately one of those days. I was lucky enough to have an expert in the field of Sports Nutrition speak to my students for an entire 30 minutes.  So how is this different to a normal guest [...]

Techno Kids

On fathers day I decided to take dad out for a meal at a local eatery. My younger four year old half sister also came along, which was good as I rarely get a chance to catch up with her. From the moment she walked in I was blown away by how mature she appeared, this [...]

A couple of cool E-Learning tools

Ok so I thought i would wait a few days after my first post so i could think about which web 2.0 tools I would share first, heres what i decided
http://www.mobilestudy.org/home/
This awesome website allows you to quickly and easily create a multiple choice quiz that can be downlaoded and completed via a mobile device. Once [...]

Sink Or Swim? The Choice Is Yours…

 

After a very interesting staff meeting Wednesday night where we rated our own ICT skills and worked as a staff to map out a school based goal for the future, it has become very obvious that the new age of teaching/learning is fast approaching.
This became even more noticeable after reading and reflecting on some of [...]