Day -185.
I figured I should have begun this blog about 185 days ago, when I first began work on our Maths department website and my role as a New Technologies person. You may have noticed the title corresponds...
View ArticleMathswatch SCORM Package
Bit of background here; Mathswatch advertises itself as ‘a DVD, playable on any Windows® PC, containing every Mathematics video clip needed for the GCSE exam’. It is a revision tool and a fairly...
View ArticleIf Masterchef did ‘Virtual Learning Environments’…
Masterchef often gets me thinking. How do all the contestants keep their food warm when they are standing around waiting for John and Greg to judge the others? Why does it never seem to be on at the...
View ArticleMathsTutor v MathsWatch
You may recall earlier in the year I wrote this post about using MathsWatch. Not long after praising the MathsWatch SCORM package we have installed at school, I caught wind of a new rival; CGP’s...
View ArticleMaths Video Tutorials on your VLE – CGP’s MathsTutor
A while ago I reviewed a demo version of CGP’s new MathsTutor. This week I have got round to installing it on our VLE and a few people have asked me to update them on how it goes, so here it is. The...
View ArticleUsing Google Forms to make task lists
A short while ago I was given a little problem to solve – to find a way for department members to create an editable ‘task list’ for our Curriculum Area Supervisors – and make it available on our VLE....
View ArticleBett 2013 – A collection of random thoughts…
2013 saw my first trip to Bett, so I jumped on the train with @carledgar86 and headed down to London armed with a double pack of Lucozade and six Twix caramel slices. I would like to think that most...
View ArticleiTunes U Course Manager hints and tips.
iTunes U is a great platform for educators and I’ve spent some serious man hours within the curious world of iTunes U Course Manager recently. When I first started making iTunes U courses I regularly...
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