A new law coming into force later this month will require students to check in their pencils and crayons at the office and collect them after school. Any children caught with pencils or crayons in their possession will have then confiscated and parents will be informed.
“We’ve had enough,” said one teacher, “kids are writing notes [...]
Earlier this week I left a comment (which I later turned into a blogpost) on this post by @wmchamberlain and was invited, via Twitter, to be a contributor at “At the Teacher’s Desk” As I’d already identified audio and video of myself as a personal dislike I decided that the first step in “walking the [...]
I just had a most amazing collaborative experience. @Mrs_Banjer tweeted on Twitter that she was in an etherpad opened by @mbarrow and would anyone like to come and try it out. I’ve played with etherpad briefly, but not like we did tonight.
Each contributor is allocated a particular colour to help identify their additions and edits (there are [...]
I got a new follower on Twitter today and, as usual, checked out their profile to see if I wanted to follow them back. That led me to a blog post about Twitter and how effective it has been as a PLN and PD tool for @kgustin.
I’ve been meaning to write about Twitter for a [...]
The next thing to consider is how to use these tools yourself and then introduce them to the class.
I started of by publishing all children’s work myself. Usually I would say, "When you’ve finished that piece of writing I’ll publish it on the blog".
For an item brought to share with the class I’d photograph it [...]
