December 2007
6 posts
School Website Down (Temporarily!) →
This is just a quick note for users of my school’s website and blogs! We are currently transferring ownership of the school’s website to the school and so are going to be offline for a few hours while this takes place. The school blogs and other tools will also be offline for the duration.We hope to be back up and running sometime overnight, so please bear with us and accept my apologies for...
The Great War Blogger →
Is it possible to use a blog to genuinely bring history to life? The answer is a resounding yes as this imaginative blog ably demonstrates.
As many of you may know, as well as being an advocate for all things Web2.0 I’m also a keen student of the Great War. As such, you can probably guess that I was always going to love the WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier blog which is one of the most...
flickr Tools →
The people behind flickr, the online photo sharing site, have gone into overdrive! They’ve just released some great tools for users which have a multitude of uses in the classroom as well.
I love flickr. It’s a great source of inspiration and ideas for the classroom teacher, and it also allows me to have the vicarious pleasure of seeing other peoples’ worlds and experiences. And now, there’s...
“And I’d like to thank…” →
The Edublog Awards are probably the closest thing we have in the Edublogosphere to an “Oscar” ceremony, but I wonder if I’m the only one thinking that there is something missing? What I want to know is, why there aren’t categories for pupil entries… and is it time to start a separate Awards ceremony for the great work done by pupils?
It’s always an honour to be given recognition for good...
Doing It For Themselves… →
It’s time to let the kids speak for themselves…
As some of you may know, I had the privilege of teaching Sean (The Bass Player) last year. Although not the most prolific blogger in the world, he has written some insightful and influential posts. I’m delighted to let on something I’ve known about for a wee while, and that is that Sean has been asked to become involved in the Students2.0...
Thinkuknow In Perth →
When we talk about social networking, are we sending out the right signals? At the Thinkuknow training session in Perth last night I was struck by how much we tend to emphasis the dangers whilst barely acknowledging the benefits.
The Thinkuknow training session in Perth last night started by covering some of the same ground as Ollie Bray’s recent Musselburgh Grammar School session. As such, I...