Since I Moved to a VLE my poor blog stands dusty and neglected. All my efforts are aimed at making the learning experience of our students fantastic within the walled garden of our moodle.
Sad fact: VLE stuff isn’t viewable to outsiders without a 2 page disclaimer in print...
Why are we keeping kids work away from people? Is it we can’t be trusted?
Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Google do it, so should I
While reading Lifehacker (on of my favourite tips sites!) I came across a very interesting article. Google allow employees to spend 20% of their time on a pet project that is nothing to do with google.
A waste of time? Maybe not. Google have found that 50% of new products have been developed in this 20% time!
So how could this apply to education? What would happen if 50% of learning took place in 20% of the time? I aim to find out...
My lessons last 50 mins. I will try to go for 10% (small step) of each lesson on students working on something they choose that is linked to what we are learning. This will mean more planning for me - I’m not always in a computer room, so I will need old fashioned books and magazines.
I will try this out for the next week and a bit and report back.
A waste of time? Maybe not. Google have found that 50% of new products have been developed in this 20% time!
So how could this apply to education? What would happen if 50% of learning took place in 20% of the time? I aim to find out...
My lessons last 50 mins. I will try to go for 10% (small step) of each lesson on students working on something they choose that is linked to what we are learning. This will mean more planning for me - I’m not always in a computer room, so I will need old fashioned books and magazines.
I will try this out for the next week and a bit and report back.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Leicester PGCE
Honest, I’m not nervous or anything...
http://www.scribd.com/full/27936478?access_key=key-2jvafvt26z6jb9l2fijt
http://www.scribd.com/full/27936478?access_key=key-2jvafvt26z6jb9l2fijt
PLTs on your iphone.
Loving this app at the moment... might use it to do question of the day in the staffroom!
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/skills-mixer/id308318915?mt=8
Skills Mixer by Shiny Development
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/skills-mixer/id308318915?mt=8
Skills Mixer by Shiny Development
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The Complexity of Managing my Online Stuff
I have stuff everywhere... my attempts at organising myself result in chaos.
With this in mind I’ve set up a central place for all my stuff:
http://web.mac.com/jjpadvis/toolbox/index.html
Hopefully this means everything will finally be available in one place!
With this in mind I’ve set up a central place for all my stuff:
http://web.mac.com/jjpadvis/toolbox/index.html
Hopefully this means everything will finally be available in one place!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Long time no blog...
Some people might be surprised to see an entry. I mean, 2 years is a long time. Even my class blog has become an abandoned space!
Twitter took my attention, so entries here became rather sparse... well non existent really. The class blog dried up around the time we introduced moodle.
But now I have some lovely new software to help me out (MacJournal), and following on from my inclusion in a Times School Gate entry I thought things better start up again.
So I promise to make some new entries, perhaps even show off some resources and reflect on what I am doing.
Hope to see you soon.
James
PS No I promise, really I do!
Twitter took my attention, so entries here became rather sparse... well non existent really. The class blog dried up around the time we introduced moodle.
But now I have some lovely new software to help me out (MacJournal), and following on from my inclusion in a Times School Gate entry I thought things better start up again.
So I promise to make some new entries, perhaps even show off some resources and reflect on what I am doing.
Hope to see you soon.
James
PS No I promise, really I do!
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