Alessio Bernardelli
So, it is finally here and I finally got an invite! I had a few days to begin to get my head around Google+, but nowhere near enough as much time as I would have liked to dedicate to check out this new “Buzz”. I have always been disappointed to hear about the fall of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘teaching’
Guardian Classroom Innovation Competition
Posted: December 17, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, Thoughts and ideasTags: BETT 2011, Classroom Innovation, Creative, Croesyceiliog, Education, EM Spectrum, Guardian, Impact, Innovative, learning, Physics, school, Science, Show, teaching
Dear All, I would like to introduce you to a very interesting competition organised by the Guardian. In this competition schools have made 3 min videos to outline how they have used technology in effective and innovative ways to make an impact on learning and teaching. Croesyceiliog School has entered with our “EM Spectrum Show“. [...]
The Fantastic 4 at the Innovative Education Forum 2010
Posted: December 2, 2010 in new technologies, NGfL CymruTags: Creative, Dan Roberts, Education, forum, Gareth Ritter, Innovative, Inspiring, Jennifer Blum, Jo Debens, Learners, learning, Livestream, Louise Dorrian, Michael Furdyk, Microsoft, NGfL Cymru, Office, OneNote, PowerPoint, Sugata Mitra, teaching, technology
It was a great privilege to be at the Innovative Education Forum at the beginning of this week. It all began with a very inspiring Innovative Teachers Meeting. A very informal gathering for all who wanted to be inspired and make new links, talk about Education with great Educators and indeed join the craved Chicken [...]
Mind Mapping with Prezi!
Posted: November 23, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, NGfL Cymru, Thoughts and ideasTags: brain, conduction, Convection, Creative, Education, Educators, Gas, heat transfers, ideas, Innovative, Institute of Physics, IoP, Kinetic, Learners, learning, mind, mind map, NGfL Cymru, particles, Physics, PowerPoint, Prezi, revision, skills, teaching, Theory, thinking, tool, Wales
At last I have found some time to check Prezi out, and it’s even better when you can use this time to fit it in with your job. As a Field Officer at NGfL Cymru, I am trying to develop resources that give opportunities to learners and educators to explore the latest technology and its [...]
The Ultimate Online Circuit Builder!
Posted: October 30, 2010 in new technologies, NGfL CymruTags: affordable, Builder, Circuit, echalk, fantastic, free, grid, Iestyn Jones, learning, national, NGfL, NGfL Cymru, Online, powerful, Resource, school, simplicity, subscribe, teaching, tool, Ultimate, Wales
As I have posted in this previous article I am on a secondment with NGfL Cymru (National Grid for Learning, Wales) this year and we work in close partnership with eChalk. Dr Iestyn Jones (Managing Director of eChalk Ltd) was proudly announcing his latest tool, the eChalk Circuit Builder. When he told NGfL Cymru this tool [...]
Tablets or Interactive Whiteboards?
Posted: October 26, 2010 in new technologiesTags: Education, Interactive Whiteboard, IWB, KindleLab, learning, M4, M400, Mind Maps, PC, Portege', Promethean, Pupils, Smart Board, Students, Tablet, Tablet PC, teaching, Tecra, TES, Toshiba
Reading this excellent blog post from @Chickensaltash and the more complete article from TES rekindled my passion for Tablet PCs in the classroom. Though I believe IWBs are a great tool to enhance Teaching and Learning and I agree with Dan Roberts when he tweets that we have to do with what we have got, [...]
My first TeachMeet!
Posted: October 14, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, Thoughts and ideasTags: animations, Apple, Creativity, Education, Educators, Gloucestershire, google, learning, Macros, Microsoft, NGfL, NGfLCymru, Partners in learning network, PowerPoint, PPT, Prezi, Pupils, Reader, Students, talkphysics, teaching
I attended my very first TeachMeet in Cheltenham at the Parabola Arts Centre (Cheltenham Ladies’ College) and it was a worthwhile experience. There were not as many teachers as I would have expected/hoped, but it was still a great opportunity to network with like minded educators and to see some great stuff in action. The [...]
Not in the classroom! Where am I?
Posted: September 2, 2010 in new technologiesTags: assembly, Creative, cymru, development, e-chalk, echalk, field, for, fund, government, grid, ibw, Innovative, interactive, learning, national, new, NGfL, officer, resources, school, teaching, technology, Wales, welsh, whiteboard
Yesterday it was quite strange not to walk in a classroom for my first day of work. After teaching for six years I am seconded for a year to work with National Grid for Learning in Wales (NGfL Cymru) as a Field Officer. I feel excited and refreshed to be part of this valuable and [...]
Abnormal, not normal, or Xtranormal?
Posted: July 12, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, Thoughts and ideasTags: animated, characters, comics, Creativity, creator, easy, Education, engage, engaging, extra, Fun, Innovative, learning, Network, normal, Online, Physics, publish, Pupils, revision, speed, superheroes, teaching, tool, velocity, Video, Xtranormal
You must have guessed I have a soft spot for comics and Superheroes by now. So, when @russeltarr (look at his excellent website here) twitted a link to a video made by his 14-years old Historians (as he calls them) I got immediately interested in this new video creator with animated characters; xtranormal.com. Believe me, it [...]
The Physics of Superheroes!
Posted: May 13, 2010 in Institute of Physics, Thoughts and ideasTags: cartoon, cinema, comics, Density, Education, engaging, film, heroes, ideas, Juggernaut, Kitty, lesson, Marvel, mass, memorable, misconceptions, momentum, Movie, mutant, Physics, power, superheroes, teaching, the cure, velocity, X-men
Have you ever read a superheroes comic? Watched a superheroes cartoon, or at least watched one of the great Marvel movies? I bet you have done one of these at least once. If you ask you pupils, most of them would go to the cinema to watch these films as soon as they are out [...]
