What a totally unproductive holiday season it has been, though great fun (apart from dash to hospital with the middles). Anyhoo – owing to being prematurely aged by childrearing I’m off to bed. Might make some resolutions – but it will be tomorrow!
Read more →So, I’m planning an essay and, in the great tradition of Douglas Adams, I thought I’d test out a bit of web2.0 software at the same time. I’m building up to writing my first piece for my diploma and I’m not really sure whether I’m going to be given or agree a title with...
Read more →God bless us, every one! Damn those Dickens downloads. Ed xx
Read more →As Andrew Field has commented below: You’ve got loads of friends on the History Teachers’ Discussion Forum – it just depends what things other teachers are currently covering / looking into. That is the explanation for any lack of response. I’ve received a sack load of replies, all of which were well thought out....
Read more →What to teach in history… – History Teachers’ Discussion Forum So, the history teachers at the schoolhistory.co.uk forums are getting hot under the collar about this too!
Read more →I’ve been a little dissappointed with the lack of response on my posts on schoolhistory and on the tes webboard, so I’ve been in contact with someone Anna knows at the Historical Association, to try and get on some email list, so that I can send them an email, which might elicit a slightly...
Read more →If you’re a year 13 student at LittleHeath and you’re interested in getting involved in the Cold War Wiki experiment, then please take a look and email me for a username. thanks Mr. Podesta.
Read more →Had a really great day today, sitting in on the last half hour of the OUDES interns talking about pupil preconceptions and then assisting one of them talking about using the ‘net for teaching and learning. More details here…
Read more →This article is the sort of thing I was talking about at a recent PGCE session at the Oxford University Department of Educational Studies. _____________________________________________________________________ Blogging with Students The importance of blogging, and the related idea of users of the web creating their own web is only now becoming clear. I’ve been using the...
Read more →The Cold War Wiki is now up and running! This is an experimental wiki – a collaborative encyclopaedia – for my year 13 students. Feel free to take a look around it, although if you want to edit it then you’ll have to email me for a password. Ed.
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