There has been much discussion, on Twitter and other sites this week, about the new government’s decision to take action on quangos and close them down. One casualty of this has been Becta and, while I have heard arguments for and against this decision from a number of colleagues, I for one will be sad [...]
Okay. I’m coming clean. The post title is ever so slightly misleading – this has nothing to do with the World Cup (or – thankfully – dodgy rapping by international footballers). I just thought it was topical and I could make it a bit of a play on words. What I really want to talk about is stop motion [...]
About a week ago I mentioned a digital art project :trying out different ideas using computer generated art and photo editing packages. There are all sorts of programs available t try out and everyone can create something something different or unusual. Digital art offers a range of different ideas, some of which are more inclusive [...]
Here’s an idea for a very short ICT session. What if all the children all do something completely different? No two children covering the same topic. Each one working independently, at their own level using the software of their choice. The only criteria - they have to discover something new that they hadn’t known before. So this was how [...]
You know, I’m pretty much the ‘out on a limb’ type: I often plan things that are a little bit unusual and have tenuous links to the topics being covered. I like a bit of leeway here and there. I like to take things in an unexpected direction. There are, however, skills to cover and [...]
I had a nice surprise this morning. Steph Westwood, who writes the Bits and Pieces Place blog gave me a shout out on her blog. She had been sent a little blog award by Emily Starr, writer of Interactive Content Corner. The idea is to spread the word about ten great blogs you love, read and use, [...]
