Posts about ICT and the teaching of it.
A while ago now, 4 years to be precise, I wrote a short post on Google Timeline Search and how it could be used in the classroom along with my thoughts. I was excited about the ability to see key/interesting events of a given period on a timeline and could …
This week I have started to use Twitter in my Year 1 class. Twitter is a great way to engage children with, and give them a reason for writing. This term was chosen as we currently have 10 eggs in the year group as we wait for them to hatch. Setting …
The Problem: It’s a very regular event in my classroom that a child will need to be selected to do something. Often this is a task that isn’t child / level specific so anyone would be suitable. I don’t notice that I can end up choosing the same child more …
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! It …
It’s the end of a week and I’m running short on energy for went for a surf to find some interesting ideas for the next couple of week’s ICT lessons. I eventually ended up having a look around this site: http://foundation.e2bn.org/ I’ve made a quick note of my thoughts to …
