Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher

Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher

This looks interesting... full post later!

[update]
Inspiration doesn't come cheap, but Larry Ferlazzo does the kind of curriculum I dream of! He has the perfect attitide to ESL learners, and attempt to integrate ESL learners at all stages.

He is kind enough to share tons of resources and provides exemplars of projects he has done. If only all teachers were so kind to colleagues!

Blogging Toolkit

As I start to put my blog together, I thought it might be a good idea to keep a log of the tools I'm using.

A blog

I use Blogger, but other services are available. I chose Blogger as it is connected to my googlemail account I already use for work.

Somewhere to store pictures

Still undecided, picassa links to my google account but is a bit limited in terms of storage. I also use Wikimedia Commons to link to royalty free pics and save on blog storage space.

Somewhere to store video

Currently YouTube, but alas blocked in school. Looking for alternatives. [update] Going to try teachertube.net from behind the evil firewall from hell. If it doesn't work I will ask why!

Somewhere to store podcasts

Podomatic looks excellent and I look forward to playing with it over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Somewhere to store slideshows

Slideshare has nifty features, but I must remember to save my files in old-skool powerpoint format!

Sites to grab widgets, quizzes, and other pretty things from!

Widgetbox - loads of pretty widgets

Feedjit - so I know who is looking at my blog!

Mystudiyo - very pretty quiz generator

BBC - borrow the headlines, weather, tv schedule!

I'm sure this list will grow! Suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks to Joe Dale for his reviews of some of the above sites!

My Class Blogs

MisterP is up and running for my students. I'm looking forward to seeing how it works for them and me!

New resources for European Day of Languages 2008

I so want one of the pens!

Looks like time to get your orders in for EDL goodies.

Modern Languages Blog � New resources for European Day of Languages 2008

Tagging the Real World

http://semapedia.org/

This is a really interesting idea for linking the online and offline world. Basically create bar codes than can be read from digital photos that include a link to a wikipedia article. I have the software for my iphone and it works great, and apparently most new nokias have it built in.

However, it has taken me ages to find software for windows... and due to my scatty multicomputer setup I can't find the link (it is freeware though).

Here is the code for this site

How did I get here?

Welcome to the blog! I have been inspired by several online edu-bloggers but never thought I'd do my own. Then thanks to Joe Dale, and a random twitter moment, I was inspired to go for it!

Look forward to loads of KS3 stuff here for nearly every subject. I am subject leader of the integrated curriculum at Foxford School in Coventry. We currently teach some Year 7 Students an integrated curriculum of Maths, English, French and Humanities. This is moving into Year 8 and beyond... so keep coming back!