I wrote an article on my Staffrm Blog about how I use Mail Merge. I wanted to share that here too. The picture above shows an extra from one of the feedback sheets, automatically populated using Mail Merge to give each student individualised feedback on an assessment, along with their target and historical grades. Here’s the rest […]
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Rickypedia – our school’s VLE.
I thought I’d share a Prezi I’ve made to present to the School Governing Body about how our school’s VLE is going. VLE: the present and the future on Prezi Enjoy!
Google Apps for Education; Using Google Docs
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. New starts to the year are hectic; particularly so when your school wants to become an Academy and when there is all the financial chaos of the new government. Anyway… I love Google Apps. Before I became e-Learning Co-ordinator at the school my colleague Daniel Needlestone set […]
Where do you go for your educational tools?
There is such a wealth of educational resources out there; an overwhelmingly large amount. I was gathering my thoughts on how I gather information about exciting resources, Web 2.0 tools and suchlike. Then I began to consider how to get the teachers in my school using them. From September, I will be the e-Learning Co-ordinator […]
Instant feedback and enhanced learning through live video and photography
I am going to give a specific example of an activity I completed today, but I feel live video can be greatly beneficial in a number of subjects which I’ll briefly outline later in the post. Today with my Year 10s we were starting the topic of Motion from the Additional Science syllabus, with a […]
Implementing Macs into Schools
The biggest concern for the school is the cost. Macs ARE more expensive than PCs, nobody can contest that. What one has to do is balance up the advantages with the disadvantages and decide whether those additional costs are worthwhile. Does your school get in full suites of Macs? Does your school just get in […]