Around the outside of my classroom are whiteboards that the students use for their work. There are four of them and I seldom write on them but the students make quit extencive use of these. The students today were looking at the London Riots and examining the social and ethical issues (for IB ITGS Teachers [...]
A year and a bit ago, I had to move from my computer lab into a new classroom space. While my first visions were of a variation on the same theme, desks and desktops, I was given an option for laptops instead of desktops and this changed every thing. The classroom I had been presented [...]
This video was shared with me through twitter, its simple, straight forward and quite useful. It doesn’t show a wizzy new future, but it does put somethings into perspective. A little bit anyway. It does raise a few questions. How many people are still using overhead projectors as the cutting edge of technology? How many [...]
The flatclassroom conference was a very interesting event for a number of reasons. The two parallel strands, one for teachers and one for students, with the interaction between them was brilliant. As was the fact that this was an action based conference, not a sit and listen conference. The students and teachers both had to [...]
In another life, I am a outdoor education instructor, and part of instructing adventure activities is managing the balance between adventure or challenge and risk. As an instructor, I want to challenge my students and clients so they undergo personal growth, while keeping the activity fun. The right combination of challenge, perceived risk and fun [...]
