Starting things up again, like a new VLE, takes time. More time than even a pessimist like me expected! So here’s a little summary of what we’ve done over the last few weeks and what we plan to do. I’m not sure this will be exciting reading but it may be of use to other […]
Tag Archives: VLE
Staff Training and Staff E-learning Club
One of the major tasks I will have this year implementing our new VLE is to train staff. To get staff on board I will need as many staff on my side as possible and one idea I had was to run a separate group of teachers not just learning to use the VLE but […]
Student e-council meeting part 2
I previously wrote about our student e-council meeting held last term. The aim of this was to get students opinions and ideas on how technology should be used in school and what features they would like. This year I want to evolve the role of this group to actually taking on a hands on role […]
Reflection – 1 year of Rickypedia, a pilot VLE
Another year older another year wiser, so the old adage goes. The problem with that adage is that technology moves so fast you might be wiser in one aspect but have completely missed out on something brand new that’s just come out. I try not to let that worry me though as if the new […]
Student e-council
After a year of our pilot VLE and a few years teaching ICT I was eager to hear the opinions of the students. I hear lots of little student comments and gripes during my lessons in the ICT suite. Most of them are “why has so and so got a better computer than me” pointing […]
ICT and English Masterclass, China Videos
This project has been on my list to write up for a long time. A successful presentation at the Teachmeet North East London Conference gave me a bit of kick to get it done. This project was a cross curricular project for gifted and talented ICT and English students in year 9 (ages 13 to […]