Author Archives: P Wright

Free Schools

Posted on 12th September 2011 by P Wright

Whilst there doesn’t seem to have been any move towards a free school in Hull yet, this article from the Guardian suggests that they might not be the answer to our problems. At the moment free schools are ‘not for … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged | Leave a comment

BBC video clips

Posted on 6th September 2011 by P Wright

An increasing number of the BBC’s broadband clips are now available to place in your Learning Platform or on your school website as the Beeb have now provided the embed code. And just to prove it works, here’s one below!

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Improving writing

Posted on 20th August 2011 by P Wright

I’ve always believed that ICT has the power to allow pupils to improve their writing- note the key word allows, no false promises here- and the web keeps throwing up things that assist this. Telescopic text is a site that … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Karoo

Posted on 12th August 2011 by P Wright

Seems Hull’s local provider didn’t come out too well in a broadband speed survey! Why they advertise speeds of ‘Up To’ and then fail to get anywhere near this for 99% of their users never ceases to amaze me. I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

LeapPad- tablets for the young

Posted on 8th August 2011 by P Wright

On holiday and still blogging? Just dedicated I guess! Got a link to the LeapPad via Twitter and it got me thinking. Now you can too. I can see my grandson loving the Cars 2 app if his tastes haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Podcasting

Posted on 24th June 2011 by P Wright

I had my first taste of working with pupils podcasting this week at Adelaide Primary School and what a splendid experience it was too. The pupils were very enthusiastic and after a brief introduction to the Podium software, the pupils … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Cloud Computing

Posted on 24th June 2011 by P Wright

The term Cloud Computing describes software thst is avaiable online, either free or paid for. The J2E suite or 2Simple’s Purple Mash are curriculum examples of Cloud Computing and Google Docs or Live@EDU ( the latter soon to be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged | Leave a comment

Strike

Posted on 20th June 2011 by P Wright

Will schools use the Learning Platform during the strike on the 30th June to allow pupils to continue their learning? This would possibly deflect the argument that children’s learning is suffering. Or is this defeating the point of strike action?

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Twitter and Parental Communication

Posted on 20th June 2011 by P Wright

Whilst discussing the uses of Twitter over a light lunch last week it struck me that a school could make effective use of it as a communication tool with parents to keep them updated. I know schools have their website and/or the Learning Platform, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Video Editing

Posted on 28th May 2011 by P Wright

Revelation Sight and Sound has long been my favourite PC video editing program for primary schools, thus neatly sidesteping the iMovie debate for now, as it was written by ecucationalists for learners, unlike many other titles. Another boon of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged | Leave a comment