ICT Seminar – RESCHEDULED

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As mentioned in earlier posts I was due to be hosting an ICT seminar called “Controlling the Flow of ICT” next month. This has now been postponed until Friday 9th January.

The seminar will be a hands-on look at the control element of the National Curriculum with the main foci being Scratch games programming and Lego Mindstorms NXT (robot programming). There will be time to “play” with these technologies as well as discussion time. Lunch and refreshments will also be provided. Delegates will receive a full KS3 Scheme of Work and teaching resources to help to teach Scratch in the classroom.

To book a place on the seminar visit the SSAT Website. The event ID is SVN1007389. Alternatively contact the Lead Practitioner hotline on: 020 7802 9003

If you have any questions or would like more information please add a comment to this post and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Seminar flyer can be downloaded here.

Free Memory Sticks

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I heard about this great project from a work colleague yesterday that has been introduced by the website “Memory4Teachers”. The aim of the project is to support teachers and educators by funding the provision of 750,000 USB memory sticks (2GB) across the UK, which also contain free teaching resources for most subject areas.

To claim your free memory stick go to this website Memory4Teachers – Registration and fill in the registration details for your school.

Controlling the Flow of ICT Seminar

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As mentioned in an earlier post on here, on 7th November I will be holding a seminar to highlight methods for delivering the control element of the National Curriculum in ICT.

During the day we will be looking at Lego Mindstorms NXT and Scratch games programming.

You can book a place on the event on the SSAT website by clicking here. The cost is £69.

Please visit my South East ICT website here to see more information and a flyer.

South East ICT

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I have set up a social network to communicate and network with other ICT teachers in the South East (which is the region I am assigned to as Lead Practitioner). Please take a look, the address is http://southeastict.ning.com, on here you’ll find details of events happening in the area and be able network with other teachers. If you sign up you will also be able to contribute to the site.

Let me know what you think

Music in the Classroom

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After many discussions in my school the general concensus is that many of us find playing music in the classroom quite an affective technique to help children concentrate, however MP3 players in my school are banned. The website Help Me Chill is an online radio station that plays nothing but chill out music with little or no talking from DJ’s making it the ideal station to listen to in the classroom.

Try it out and let me know what you think.