Learning, Teaching and ICT

Picture by Jack Vass

Today I went in to school to finally clear out the last of my clutter. I also met up with Cassie and ‘handed over’ the Carronshore Blog . Already there are two new posts. I really think she’ll enjoy blogging with her new class and I’m sure that her enthusiasm will take it to new heights

Meanwhile, I’m off on my ‘new road’ – and I’m looking forward to ‘blogging’ about what I get up to

……. but I also intend to keep in touch with any new posts or entries from the ‘old’ Primary 7 blogs and wikis. I’m in the process of transferring these spaces to this blog. They’ll appear on pages on this blog …. a work in progress, but you can check them out here and here meanwhile

My big sis hasn’t been too well and I’m glad to be able to make use of the summer holidays to travel through to Glasgow to keep her company. This was one of the reasons that I decided to take up Ewan’s offer to go along to one of the LTS ‘Inspiration’ sessions – It meant that I could have another excuse to pop in on her ……. and I also hoped to learn something, too

I had no idea what to expect, but I thought we’d be discussing Glow. It was great, therefore, to see that Jaye had decided to come along, too. I’m a reader of her blog, but don’t really appreciate the ‘chat’ because I can’t visualise what Glow looks like. It got a bit more confusing when David G’s recent post was discussed. In East Lothian, they’ve noticed problems with even internet savvy staff. I wish that I was in a position to get a little preview of what Glow ‘looks like’. I can read all about it (and often do) but I need the chance to ‘play’ with it before I can appreciate what’s being written by those who already have access. I suppose I felt a bit less ignorant when David N said that he’d only had a brief experience of glow.

I’m glad that I took the time to go to the session .. despite giving a very spur-of-the-moment response to Ewan when he asked me to give my opinion of the LTS website. When put on the spot, I tend to ramble … and I DID ramble – went totally off the subject

Anyway, it was just great to see all these bloggers ‘face-to-face’.

And my big sis and I had a lovely late lunch in the Art Lover’s Cafe just a short walk from her house. The rest of the afternoon was spent in the walled garden close by. We took some pics when we were there. I’ve made a movie and added the same ‘jolly music’ from Ewan’s delicious site that I put on to the class blog.

I’m half way through the summer break and still can’t bring myself to ‘go that extra mile’.

A letter arrived from the GTCs soon after I received the news of my success (still smiling!) asking for another essay – well, an ‘application’ actually (only 800 words – thank goodness!).

I need to explain how I’ve demonstrated that I’ve achieved and maintained the Standard for Chartered Teacher. I also need to explain why I believe that I should be presented with the ‘Professional Award of chartered Teacher’.

There’s a lot more that has to be included in the 800 word report.

Tomorrow …. or the next day …. or the next

Meanwhile I’m so impressed with Miss L’s recent post. Here’s a wee bit:

I think keeping a blog throughout my final placement allowed me for the first time to reflect naturally as opposed to the structured way in which I had previously. This helped me a great deal whilst writing my final assignments. For this reason I intend to keep writing on this blog throughout the course of next year and this, along with my learning journal, will hopefully help me to inform my practice and therefore complete the induction year successfully!

She’s inspired me to keep going with this blog. You can read the rest of her post by visiting her blog