My first day with the Chromebook. An adjustment or rather a paradigm shift to the normal constructed view of how we use everyday computers. The focus of the Chromebook is not the platform or the hardware itself, but the in the infrastructure the Chromebook delivers, not a wondrous new device that will revolutionise the way [...]
At last, Easyspace have fixed the problem: (A bit late!). After escalation to our senior technicians it appears that there was a block initiated on the domain in November 2011 when the site was archived after it had been used to send large amounts of spam (ticket ref XXXXXXXXX). This bock is the reason [...]
Sorry! I’m having contact form issues. Something do with the hosting / server. Hoping to fix this ASAP. – 27/01/2012 Just updated the contact form. I’m using Google Docs for my contact form, until the server issues are resolved. Contact me here.
Apologies for the delay in adding new ‘stuff’ here. I’m hoping to get all of my A Level ICT (OCR) presentations and resources on here during January 2012. The next plan is to put all of my GCSE ICT (EdExcel) presentations and resources on here during February 2012. That is the plan at least [...]
If you give ‘presentations’, then you are quite possibly one of the 94% of office users who use Microsoft’s PowerPoint. Some of you may have dabbled further afield, possibly Open Office (hooray), or perhaps Google Docs? Both are very good alternatives. Some may have stumbled across Prezi, which is an online presentation ‘cloud based [...]
HDR images have been around for a little while now, and yet, I never truly understand them. From my poor research, they were basically 3 or more photos, from different ISO / Shutter Speed / Aperture settings, when combined, show off the best aspects of each of the photo’s different settings. What I mean [...]
A very interesting article from the BBC … http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15475697 … regarding how schools in the UK can subvert the league school table system and their perceived results. What I am most startled about, is that only now is this surfacing in the media. Schools, since early 2000, have been using New Labour 14-19 education reforms (vocational [...]
This is an essay I wrote for my Masters, regarding the teacher training path to become a teacher in England & Wales. It was a critical essay, designed to encourage debate regarding the current state of education, namely teacher training. An enjoyable module, taught by Yvonne Stewart. – A critical consideration of Initial Teacher Training [...]
As you know, I love open source (for the sole fact of openness, not quality of wares). Now, when a story like this comes along – I have to smile. An open source platform that is not only (nearly) true to its roots, but actually more successful (depending on how you define success) than [...]
I’ve been very busy in my new job, but (very) slowly putting my old resources here. I’m hoping to finish putting my BTEC and Diploma resources on this site within the next month, and then put my A Level ICT (OCR) on here. When I ‘was’ teaching BTEC, EdExcel were in the midst of [...]
LO1: Students will describe theadvantages and disadvantages ofencoding data LO2: Students will describe and giveexamples of a range of validationmethods and their purpose We collect data for a purpose. If the data that has been collectedcannot be organised in such a waythat it can be used for the originalpurpose then it is worthless. [...]
LO1: Students will compare the use of staticinformation sources with dynamic sources LO2: Students will describe the effects of quality ofinformation produced: accuracy, relevance, age,completeness, presentation, level of detail An information source is arepository of data that can beaccessed when required. There are two main types of information source: static and dynamic [...]
My first day with the Chromebook. An adjustment or rather a paradigm shift to the normal constructed view of how we use everyday computers. The focus of the Chromebook is not the platform or the hardware itself, but the in the infrastructure the Chromebook delivers, not a wondrous new device that will revolutionise the way [...]
At last, Easyspace have fixed the problem: (A bit late!). After escalation to our senior technicians it appears that there was a block initiated on the domain in November 2011 when the site was archived after it had been used to send large amounts of spam (ticket ref XXXXXXXXX). This bock is the reason [...]
This is a short video I used to help students to understand filtering and sorting data. The video also includes VLOOKUP. I used this spreadsheet for the practical part. Purple Spiders – Excel
Sorry! I’m having contact form issues. Something do with the hosting / server. Hoping to fix this ASAP. – 27/01/2012 Just updated the contact form. I’m using Google Docs for my contact form, until the server issues are resolved. Contact me here.
Apologies for the delay in adding new ‘stuff’ here. I’m hoping to get all of my A Level ICT (OCR) presentations and resources on here during January 2012. The next plan is to put all of my GCSE ICT (EdExcel) presentations and resources on here during February 2012. That is the plan at least [...]
A2 Level ICT 01 – The systems cycle > Lesson 01 LO1: Students will acquire the knowledge ofdifferent methods that can be used to gatherthe information during the investigation andanalysis stage LO2: Students will evaluate & improve softwaredevelopment methodologies: prototyping andrapid application development (RAD) Download the lesson plan Different approaches.pdf
AS Level ICT 01 – Data information knowledge and processing > Lesson 03 LO1: Students will acquire the knowledge and be able to describe different data types(Boolean, real, integer, string, date/time) LO2: Students will describe different sourcesfrom which data can be derived and explainthe advantages and disadvantages Download the lesson - Data Types.pdf [...]
AS Level ICT 01 – Data information knowledge and processing > Lesson 02 LO1: Students will acquire the knowledgeand be able to discuss representationmethods to convey meaning LO2: Students will describe what is meantby the term knowledge and distinguishbetween information and knowledge Download the lesson - Knowledge + Meaning PDF