ICT in my Classroom

I just finished making this diagram in SMART Notebook – what do you think? If you would like a copy of the Notebook you are very welcome to one, just let me know. The labels are not locked so it would be a nice little task to label the diagram. I just spent 10 mins [...]

We are pleased to be hosting this leadership course next week. The school will be visited by a group of school leaders from across the region to explore the ways we have worked with ICT at Priestsic. The course has been very enjoyable in the past and we look forward to meeting some more colleagues [...]

Last week I had a fantastic afternoon which saw, for the first time I can recall, my learning network impacting in real time on my lesson and the children’s learning. I had planned to do 2 sessions with our two Year 5 (9/10 yr olds) classes on the usual introduction to Google Earth type content [...]

Over the last few months I have been using Twitter as part of my PLN (Professional Learning Network) and explored some of the issues for a classroom teacher on this blog. I consider it to be a fantastic tool in helping teachers connect and my own PLN has impacted on my teaching, planning, subject coordination, [...]

I am pleased and excited to announce the release of the EdTechRoundUp podcast. We are a growing group of UK based educators committed to helping others implement the best educational technology has to offer. EdTechRoundUp is a place where a group of UK-based educators come together for discussion and collaboration around the use of technology [...]

I am pleased to say that we are going to be contributing to this great little writing project from George Mayo. The @ManyVoices project is a collaborative, creative writing project using Twitter. Each child writes part of the story sticking to the 140 character limit, once they are done another pupil picks up the authorial [...]