LiveScribe. Good? Bad? Worth it! 24 June 2009

LiveScribe.

I bought a LiveScribe pen and dot paper that goes with it. Arrived yesterday. I was really excited about this *toy* because I have been looking for something that would put Maths onto my VLE and struggling to come up with the right answer (see earlier posts).

I bought a bundle with a couple of extra notebooks and nibs. £220.00. Not cheap. But if it works it will be an asset. If I can get other teachers using it then it becomes very cheap in the wider scheme of things.

Today I visited Felsted school by invitation from @nickdennis (Assistant Head) hosting the Haileybury ICT Meeting this year (HODs and technicians and Directors). @dajbelshaw was the keynote speaker presenting Open Source Schools. Continue reading…

Exam question in Moodle forum 03 April 2009

Exam question in Moodle forum

I set an 8 mark ICT question on a forum inside the course built for that A Level unit.

Students had 20 minutes to answer it.

I then started the remote control software so I could monitor their machines as they developed/wrote their answers. Continue reading…

2009 eLearning Strategy 10 June 2009

2009 eLearning Strategy

Over the last week my eLearning Strategy has been approved.

Here’s a map of the three-pronged attack attempting to blend top-down and bottom-up approaches to further elearning throughout the school.

eLearning strategy 2009+

Continue reading…

Social networking is still in nappies 28 May 2009

Social networking is still in nappies

Today I received an email from a colleague who is writing her PhD thesis on literacy. Here is a passage from it:

I read a recent BECTA report that says only 5% of schools (don’t know if junior or senior) have used social networking as an educational tool. That makes what we have done with Reading Group innovative to say the very least. Why is this I wonder? Is it because of child protection issues? Yet you overcame those with the ning site by setting yourself up as the manager. Is it a lack of ICT skill on the part of the teachers? An NFER reports claims that 33% of teachers felt they lacked the technological skills in order to fully exploit the technology available to them in schools. What do you think? Continue reading…

Audio marking in Moodle 19 March 2009

Audio marking in Moodle

Marking presentations which asked students to use any application from:

1. powerpoint
2. openoffice
3. animoto
4. sliderocket
5. google apps

Pupils asked to upload finished presentation to Moodle course/assignment. One file upload with notes. Continue reading…