I’ve been worrying that I’ve not got enough notes/materials behind the work I’m doing on Neverwinter Nights. The pupils are not getting notes or getting long tutorials on the application.
I started pupils off with Neverwinter Nights today by asking them what makes a good game. We talked about what was good and what was rubbish […]

Sorry, it’s been ages since last update. I’ve been back at school two weeks now and it’s been great so far. I’ve started using Neverwinter Nights with the S1 aCfE class. So far so good. The kids are loving it.
More on this and other things later.

I’ve been thinking of how to use Web 2.0 to encourage personalised study. Here’s some of my ideas…
Start with for learning
Blogging as a revision and progress monitoring tool should be encouraged. Pupils could be given challenges that they respond to on their blog, as well as being encouraged to ask questions and answer comments. Encouraging pupils […]

There’s a good article on using open source tools in class on Linux News.

The voting is open for the XFM Schoolwave podcast competition! Three Scottish schools are in the final, an the winner gets a gig at their school in the last week of term!
I’m urging you to use your vote for my team, from St. Columba’s High. They tried really hard and came up with a wee […]

Next year S1 pick a “strand” to study as an enhancement course. I’m one of five teachers catering for the technology strand.
I’ve got a few things I’ll be doing and I know the other teachers have ideas too, but am interested to hear what the blogosphere thinks!
 If you had an afternoon a week to work […]

1. LTScotland’s games design course was excellent. Everyone there was excited and learning. I think games design is going to be well supported in schools over the next few years. Hurrah! Thanks to Derek for organising an excellent 3 days and to Judy and Cathrin for the excellent training in Neverwinter Nights. I am looking forward […]

If anything really explains how subjects can go 2.0 it is Scratch, a programming tool from MIT.
Scratch is free, open source and produced by a well respected Computing institution. It works on Windows and Macs. It is a visual tool that lets kids create programs with coloured blocks. It is multimedia because it supports graphics, […]

For after the holidays, I feel.
1. Lesson summaries at the end of each lesson
2. Summarise a concept and write a post about it
3. Post up a question (in the “I’ve got a question” category) to be picked up by other pupils.
4. Post up finished work, to be commented on
5. Posting up quizzes, for others to […]

Haven’t blogged with classes for a while but discovered this today:
http://www.21classes.com/
It’s an educational version of the web site I was using, hurrah! Better approval for articles etc. Looks great.
Only downside is the adverts but these should at least be edu-safe (theoretically?)
I’ve got notes for 21publish so should be an easy change for this. Providing the […]