So….the Easter holidays are finally upon us (okay, some of you have already been off school for a week or so) and it’s going to be a longer holiday than usual. As we’re not guaranteed to have great weather (this is the UK after all) I thought it best to suggest to pupils some things they could [...]
You all know I’m passionate about inclusion and that means including pupils who are more able in certain areas. It’s something that we all need to be aware of in the classroom as such pupils need to be challenged there’s nothing worse than being bored. But how to do it? Where do you start? I [...]
We’re winding down to the end of term and there’s a chance to have a little bit of fun. I have come up with something the pupils could do in their ICT time which is fun on a number of levels. I’ve been looking at the Molly Potter books recently and they have some fantastic [...]
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 [...]
Thinking skills are an ever growing and important part of classroom life. Mind mapping, brain storming, ideas explosion…whatever you call it it is increasingly being used in schools around the country. And there are great ideas out there, both free and internet based or bought in software packages, that help us cover this in our educational settings. [...]
Another Day – another PowerPoint Project. Today looking at designing your own PowerPoint templates.Now if you want to start creating your own PowerPoint templates there are tutorials for 2003 and 2007 available online to walk you through the process. For maximum impact it’s also an opportunity to use art based or photo editing software – I’m [...]
