Category Archives: 1:1

Let’s let students manage real world distractions

Since my recent post on the iPad I have been reading a number of reviews linked to educational use. I keep coming across an assertion that really annoys me, and I think has implications fat wider for education than Apple’s latest shiny device does.
That assertion is that the interface of the iPad only [...]

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iPad in Education Event

This morning I attended an event run by a local Apple vendor aimed at showcasing the educational uses of the iPad. I have already blogged about my initial reservations about this device, not merely as a device for education but also as a means of framing users interactions with the internet. Today we had a [...]

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Personalising writing lessons with the new Google Docs

We currently have a strong focus on developing writing in our school, and I have been working for some time of developing the structure of my writing lessons to get the best out of the pupils in my class. On the advice of Zoe Case (@ZCase), a fellow NQT I have been trying to really [...]

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Home Access: Sustainability should be core.

One of the things I was really interested in seeing at BETT was BECTA’s Home Access programme, which is now rolling out nationally to provide children in low income families with computer and internet access. This is a fantastic step in the right direction towards removing the digital divide, the effects of which I have [...]

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1:1- Using twitter to get a young class to the right resources

One of the fundamental issues in a 1:1 primary classroom is getting the children to the websites they are meant to be using as quickly and painlessly as possible. In a conventional classroom you can just hand out copies of worksheets and resources to different groups, but when working with web based tools this is [...]

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1:1: Starting Google Docs

Last week, with our wifi internet now working more reliably, I introduced my class to google docs.
I had originally wanted to set up google apps for education across our school domain, but as this is something we have to apply for, and possibly negotiate with the local authority about, I took the plunge and installed [...]

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1:1 Primary: The first few weeks

I had every intention of blogging on our 1:1 computer project every week, with specifics of what we had done each day. However, time has run away with me for these first weeks of term and I now find myself three weeks in and starting to think in a more reflective way about what we [...]

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1:1 Primary: Starting thoughts

As I have mentioned before on this blog I am fortunate enough to be involved in the introduction of a 1:1 computing environment at next term. As of September every child in years 3 and 4 (Ages 7-9) of our two form entry school will have their own netbook. These will not only be [...]

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