Integrating computing and technology into the classroom and other subject areas is I believe essential. It is not good enough to have separate lessons just for coverage of a curriculum. Technology offers many opportunities to engage children with their learning. Throughout my teaching career I have made a point of integrating technology into the classroom and […]
TeachMeet Newham TeachMeet Newham was a great night. This was my second TeachMeet event that I have presented at. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and may I say the samosas were delicious. Many thanks to Jonny Walker @jonnywalker_edu for not only running a lovely evening but letting me take part. My presentation on podcasting in the primary […]
Roehampton Festival of Computing is being held on June 17th 2016 and I was more than happy to take part when asked by Yasemin Allsop, even with a flight of four hours from Moscow involved! An outline of people speaking at the conference appears in this video clip I am looking forward to meeting quite […]
Online Continual Professional Development (CPD) We are happy to announce that we will be providing online continual professional development (CPD) for teaching staff from this summer onwards. We have been planning this move for some time as we realise that schools often find it difficult to release staff from class. Our online continual professional development […]
Practical Pedagogies Conference was held on 15th to 16th October 2015 at the International School of Toulouse (IST). This was my first workshop held at an International Teachers Conference, and to say that I was looking forward to this event is probably an understatement. I have run many CPD events for both my own company […]
Well BETT 2014 returned to the Excel centre in London and this year I was able to attend for three days, which was rather handy as trying to find everything was rather difficult. Before I proceed I need a quick moan: Poor facilities for charging up mobile phones Limited WIFI connection. Very poor support for finding things once […]
Over the past year I have had the opportunity to attend a variety of conferences about the new computing curriculum. It has been rather an interesting experience. The most recent one was on Monday 3rd February At Queen Mary’s University of London and was run by Prof Paul Curzon. A very uplifting evening and he […]
