Disclaimer: The opinions presented here are those of the author alone. They in no way represent the opinions of Wolverhampton CLC, Wolverhampton Local Authority or Wolverhampton City Council.
Thanks to Scott and Ellie for blogging about the day and taking great photos of what you were up to. To see all the photos, visit the album of photos in the gallery:
filed under Session Reports Add comment March 14th, 2007 CLC Student
The SmartBoard Lessons podcast is more than its name may suggest. Originating from Canada, the podcast is not just a set of tutorials in using the board. It also focuses on how to integrate the SmartBoard and the latest web services into everyday teaching practice. Joan Badger and Ben Hazzard, the presenters of the podcast, have an uncanny knack of finding great web-links and working out how they can be used effectively on a whiteboard with students:
The goal of this podcast to share lesson ideas that use technology to engage students in learning with a focus on SMARTBoard Interactive Whiteboards.
filed under Best of the Web Add comment March 13th, 2007 Richard Anderson
Blackpool City Learning Centre’s “Video of the Moment” is a great parody of Tony Christie / Peter Kaye’s “Amarillo” with a very topical message: Read the rest of this entry »
filed under Best of the Web Add comment March 5th, 2007 Richard Anderson
Just a few interesting things I’ve stumbled across recently .. .
I came across Gliffy via Tom Barrett’s “ICT in my classroom” blog (which is really worth a visit, by the way - he’s doing some interesting things with blogs and wikis with his Y6 class).
filed under Best of the Web Add comment March 3rd, 2007 Richard Anderson
During the Autumn and Spring Terms, Paul Porter from Wolverhampton Local Authority and I have been visiting primary and secondary schools in the city to train teaching staff and students to create podcasts for publication on the Learning2Go Blog and Podcast. We’ve really enjoyed working with students during these sessions and have been very impressed by their enthusiasm and creativity in putting together great broadcasts.
I think we’ve also learned a lot ourselves about what makes a successful podcast. I therefore thought it might be useful to collect together in one place some ideas about what works and what doesn’t. I’m not going to focus here on the technological side of podcasting; instead, I want to consider some principles for planning and recording a good school podcast. Of course, all this is just a matter of opinion, but our experience so far indicates that certain ideas do work well.
filed under Views 11 comments March 2nd, 2007 Richard Anderson
Places for Primary schools hoping to book our Summer Term projects are going quickly. All four dates for our two-day collaborative art / PDA project with Wolverhampton Art Gallery have gone already, and only three (of ten) dates remain to be booked for our one-day Healthy Living sessions. Contact us now on 01902 551509 to book places for your school. (update 06/03/07 - all places have now gone). Places on CLC projects go on a first-come, first-served basis.
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filed under News Add comment March 1st, 2007 Richard Anderson