Aug
15
2012
This is a fantastic website that I often check and keep updated on. It is Anthony Salicito’s daily adventures blog. Anthony is vice president of education for Microsoft Corp.’s Worldwide Public Sector organization, He works with education institutions and partners globally to embrace technology to optimize learning environments and student achievement. This website is a [...]
Jun
16
2012
I have had several requests for the links to these videos in the last few days so I have decided to re-post them here for those people to see, it is easier than sending all of the individual links to different people. To watch me appearing in the following videos: ‘We are the future’ with [...]
Jun
08
2012
For the last month, I have seen a shift here in the Seychelles at the school in the way that students share information – basically the way they are collaborating in their learning that they haven’t necessarily done before. There are several reasons for this: 1. The school doesn’t have a VLE although it is [...]
Mar
23
2012
Special congratulations to Katie Boothman this morning as last night at Microsoft’s European Innovative Education Forum in Lisbon @boothmank won the award for her project called the H.I.T squad. This is fantastic news for Katie, her students and the school she joins a long list of UK, European and Worldwide winners from Saltash.net over the [...]
Mar
10
2012
Check out an article in the TES this week featuring Microsoft’s Songsmith by me: Science – Sing a song of study – http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6191829 Let me know what you think?
Mar
10
2012
Check out an article in the TES this week featuring Microsoft’s Songsmith by me: Science – Sing a song of study – http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6191829 Let me know what you think?
Feb
08
2012
So after much badgering from: James Edwards @Jimmy_edwards from Saltash.net http://techlemur.wordpress.com/ Ray Chambers @Lanky_Boi_Ray http://www.raychambers.wordpress.com Gareth Ritter @ritzertech http://www.askthemusicteacher.co.uk/ Nicki Maddams @GeekyNicki http://www.interactiveclassroom.net/ and finally after much begging from Stuart Ball @innovativeteach http://blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/ I can officially announce that I have finally agreed to become the ‘Face’ of the K Team, often to make new initiatives and ventures a [...]
Feb
06
2012
Last week I did some additional sessions on Esafety with some of the local primary students, one of the things I do is leave them to reflect on where they think technology will be in the next ten years. I show them this video by Microsoft: A good look at what the future may bring! [...]
Feb
06
2012
Whilst at #BETT2012 I attended a huge event with Microsoft called the Education Leaders Conference which in itself was a brilliant event. However when we sat down for the conference dinner each delegate had been given this book: I was pleased to get a free book but even more surprised when I opened it up [...]
Jan
24
2012
I have been part of the Partners in Learning Community for around 5 years now and it has made a positive impact not just on my own professional development, but also the teachers that I work with and more importantly it has made an impact on the learning of the young people in our community. [...]