Published: 07.04.10
Well that title pretty much sums it all up! I’ve been using my iTouch more and more recently to read websites and finally got around to making sure this site is useable on mobile devices.
Often for my own reading I use the Instapaper App to read websites offline but when I’m not doing that I much prefer reading the ones that format the content to look good on my small screen.
I used the plugin WPtouch so pop on over with your mobile device and let me know what you think.
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Published: 04.01.10
Going though my Google Reader I found a short article from Londonist outlining the scam. More detail can be found in this BBC News article.
Basically schools have been receiving and paying fake invoices for adverts placed in the Yellow Pages, though the bills were to pay Yellow Pages 24. The schools were requested to either send a cheque to a W1 London PO Box or off to Germany.
I thought it would be worth pointing out – though I haven’t worked in a school that pays out bills without checking the validity of the invoices they receive , this goes to show that you can never be too careful. If you receive an invoice for Yellow Pages and a little double checking would be worthwhile!
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Published: 26.11.09
After finishing my contract in Bangkok I went traveling. I am currently in Bangkok again visiting some friends before making it home in time for Christmas.
This time-out from working has given me plenty of opportunity for thought and I’ll be posting some of these better, more interesting thoughts and ideas over the next few weeks.
If all goes well this will include some lesson ideas and resources I have gathered during my trip.
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Published: 01.07.09
Today we had a parent come in to do some art with our children. He is a keen amateur artist/photographer and has been wanting to come in and help us do something with the kids for a while now.
He has just returned from a trip to the North of Thailand where there was a ghost festival. He showed the children photographs of the masks that they wore and pictures that he had painted and line drawings, all of which were of a high standard.
It is how he started though that really caught my imagination. Considering he hadn’t worked with such young children before (Reception age) he did very well, keeping their interest and choosing tasks that were appropriate.
He started by asking the children if they wanted to see some magic? Of course they all wanted to and were instantly excited. He made the empty plate become full of M&Ms – just by opening the bag. Some of the children got the joke and thought it was funny and the rest just thought it was magic! He moved on to ask each of the children to choose one… this was the way in. After each child had a colour he asked one to come to the front. The child had to tell him what colour they had and what it reminded them of, then others with the same colour had to suggest other items / objects that were either that colour or they thought of when looking at that colour.
This really got the children thinking about colour and grabbed their imagination, we moved on to talk about portraits and things but I’ll certainly be trying this as an introduction next time I do an art lesson focused on colour.
Image Credit: M&Ms by Lin Pernille Photography
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Published: 16.06.09
While reading though the weekly TES mail-out I noticed a link to a pretty interesting site: Mr. S Haughton’s Junior ICT Companion.
I’m not sure that I love it’s presentation / style as to me it looks a little dated and these kinds of things really matter to kids! That said the information the site contains is useful. It is clearly being updated (the notes in the visible text give it away!), which is a good thing and it does have clear explanations of the terms along with a clear illustration.
I found that the more useful parts of the site were the Control & Sequencing section along with the Glossary which could be useful for pointing children towards when preparing ICT presentations or as a source of homework.
All in all I think the site is good, but still in need of some work (which makes me wonder about the other resources TES recommend and I never check out!). The information is good but it is late down by dated design and some broken links which would make it frustrating for a lot of children. However for teachers the information is handy for those who are less computer / ICT literate and as such will probably use it from time to time.
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