I’ve just read the futurelab article on personalised learning.  I’d really reccomend it as a ‘good read’.  In many regards personalised learning seems rather blue sky.  However, there are lots of small ways in which we can start to make personalised learning a reality.      
 

Personalised Learning in ICT at Notre Dame 
Our ICT Dept has put all our KS3 and […]

This week I am running a flashmeeting video conference for  ICT trainees and teachers from Norfolk and Suffolk.  We are going to try to answer the following questions:

What teaching routines do you use?
How do you deliver the KS3 ICT units?
How have you adapted the sample units to make them better to teach?
How do you assess KS3 ICT?
What would […]

Today I am going to try to give some training using Skype to a group of teachers in Cape Town, South Africa.  They are participating in a project linking with a group of schools in the UK. Together they are going to share ideas on how to put an international dimension into their curriculae.
Presentations
Intro_norfolk.ppt (4.5mb)
Global_ed.ppt […]

This week I am giving training to ICT trainees and teachers from Norfolk and Suffolk.  We are going to try to answer the following questions:

What teaching routines do you use?
How do you deliver the KS3 ICT units?
How have you adapted the sample units to make them better to teach?
How do you assess KS3 ICT?
What would you do […]

 
This month I am leading a workshop at the British Council National Conference and a presentation for a group of schools involved in a QCA pilot project.  The theme of my talk is how to bring the real world into the classroom using ICT.  Click on the links to view my Keep IT Real presentation, Wombat’s video and Global […]

I was recently asked to help write an article on enhancing the curriculum with a global dimension for the TES.  The article is called Virtual Travel Broadens the Mind, to view it click here .
TES have recently launched an online resource bank to enable teachers to share their ideas and resources.  I’ve put some of […]

This week I am giving training to a group of History PGCE students at the University of East Anglia.  I have created the resources below for teachers of any subject who are planning to use an ICT room.  There are probably a few good ideas for ICT specialist teachers too!
Planning the lesson
Never work with children […]

How can we make training better?
This question kept wandering through my head whilst attending a conference that could have been entitled ‘Death by PowerPoint’. The best part of the day was lunch. The chocolate gâteau was very good and so was the conversation around the table. It was an invaluable opportunity to meet other practitioners, […]

 
Today I am trying to deliver some training to ICT trainee teachers in Norfolk, Suffolk, London and Liverpool.  Hopefully we will be able to use flashmeeting to have a discussion about the key elements of an ICT lesson.
A few weeks ago I gave a training day for ICT GTs from Norfolk and Suffolk.  After the […]

This week I’m giving training to my first ever group of ICT GTPs.  We are going to explore what ingredients you need to make a good ICT lesson.
I have created the following task so that they can experience what it is like to be a student in an ICT lesson.  To view the lesson, click […]