In May, David Morris, our headteacher talked to Ventnor Blog about how technology is being embedded across the curriculum and will be in the future before the school eventually closes under the island's plans for reorganisation. The interview gives a good insight on the strategic use of ICT at Nodehill and how careful planning and vision has allowed this to happen.
You can listen to the interview here.
Andrew Field from Content Generator has uploaded his great presentation 40 ICT Ideas In 40 Minutes. Check it out now!
Having slept for most of Friday, edited audio on Saturday and caught up with my emails and RSS feeds today, I'm now ready to blog about last week's educational visit to Brittany which by all accounts was a great success.
For those of you who follow my TwitterStream, you'll know what we got up to already. For those that don't, you can watch this slideshow or find out from the pupils themselves by listening to the recordings we made on the coach every morning reflecting on the previous day's adventures.
Unfortunately, my Gabcast experiment didn't work as all the numbers I tried when in France, wouldn't let me connect despite helpful texts from Chris Fuller back in England. I do know it is possible though as Gail Haythorne has proven with her pupils in Montpellier last week.
Next year, I may try Twitterfone as an alternative, if I can't work out what the problem is or bring along a mini notebook instead of relying on my mobile phone.
As for costs, the 30 odd tweets plus a five minute call to my head every evening came to about £30 in total although if I had been able to Gabcast successfully this probably would have been significantly more.
On the way to The American Cemetery, my colleague Richard Peace gave a moving talk to pupils about the Normandy Landings and the personal experiences of his grandfather who fought in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War which you can listen to here.
Hope you enjoy finding out more about our trip and thanks to those of you who tweeted while we were away. It's much appreciated.
On the weekend of The Isle of Wight Festival it was nice to receive a message from Twitter saying that my tweets are now being followed by the BBC.
It doesn't get any bigger than this, does it? Rock and Roll!
Creative ICT consultant John Sutton has created some blog rules as a guide of how to ensure the safety of your pupils online. Check them out now.
MFL teacher and trainer Gail Haythorne has set up a blog club to help colleagues master the basics of blogging. Check out her Braincandy blog club posts now. I'm sure they'll get you thinking.
Mr Verney from the MFL department at Standish Community High School in Wigan has set up a blog Language@Standish CHS to publish pupils' work and showcase MFL events and trips.
Although in its infancy, the blog is already looking good and includes a range of interesting posts. I look forward to seeing how it develops in the future.
Check out Mr Verney's other blog too Ideas for IT in Teaching.
Newly appointed SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, Chris Fuller has published his presentation from a recent training session for PGCE students at The University of Exeter called a It's a blogger's life. Well done Chris for this great overview.
The International Society for Technology in Education has included this blog in their Top 10 Ed Tech Blogs for June 2008. Nice.
Adam Sutcliffe from The Gordon Schools has been podcasting his S1 pupils' speaking tests so they can peer assess each other's efforts by leaving comments on their Rate My Mates blog.
Have a listen and check out the comments so far. They're great.
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