This section of the website has been created to share ideas / resources from myself and others that I may have found very useful. Although I initially began posting on a wordpress.com website, not being able to embed certain resources has prompted me to start this page instead.
I would really love any feedback and advice from fellow teachers and professionals and would welcome anyone that wanted to collaborate either on this website or other projects. I know this website needs a little revamp in terms of resources for students and it would be a lot easier with an extra hand since time is very hard to come by sometimes 🙂
With the changes in the new curriculum, I have put together a new SOW which I think incorporates all of the requirements for KS3 computer science.
The emphasis is no doubt on computer science and raising problem solving skills but the change in curriculum gives us an opportunity to further explore new trends in technology and the web as it emerges. I have included a unit to help develop digital literacy while also developing team work by having a unit on collaborative project work through using online tools to complete the tasks.Continue reading
This page is all about useful apps to have on your smartphone.
I have made this for you to check out but if you have anything new that you think should be on here let me know and I will add it 🙂Continue reading
Looking for that ideal web application to complete a particular task? There are so many wide and varied great websites out there to make life a lot easier and fun in some cases. Discover what the internet can do for you.
Setting Homework Using Twitter… A successful experiment
A Mu : November 6, 2011 1:22 am : For TeachersI have recently been experimenting with using twitter in various different ways in my classroom. I had at first attempted to set reading tasks to my GCSE students but realised that it was hard to monitor who had done the reading every lesson as I would usually have class discussions with them about the HW.
I have now started to use the idea with my OCR students and have been setting small tasks related to what I am teaching in order for the students develop their knowledge around what the current topic is.Continue reading
A great idea for a lesson starter is to have the website agoogleaday.com on the interactive white board. If possible get a timer on the screen at the same time. Most IWBs have a widget for a timer, or you could always run a timer off a website like e.ggtimer.
Interactive mindmap of web 2.0 tools and online resources
A Mu : November 6, 2011 1:05 am : For TeachersI have collated a huge number of websites useful for teachers and students thanks to some great websites shared by various teachers and a few I’ve discovered over the years. I’m sure you will no doubt have many more so please feel free to share any ideas to mytwitter account or my email.
