Learning, Teaching and ICT

This pic was found in the pics4learning website.

I’ve really been neglecting this ‘learning journey’ blog … so apologies to anyone who’s been listening to the silence

A previous  reflective post  taught me a lesson that, although the schools-online

 staff and pupil areas can be linked to from a blog post, menu items cannot!

So what have I learned since then  …….. ?

I’ve learned that there are some great blogs being set up in Falkirk – check out Miss Keane’s new Drama Blog by clicking HERE. If you have the time, please leave a comment

And Miss Law is doing a superb job keeping the Carronshore blog active!

I’ve also been reading about some great new Google Earth developments. I had great fun tonight playing around in the Demo Gallery.

 Reading the good news about John J’s new post  (well deserved, john!) reminded me that I’d already set up an account at vimeo …. and I checked today and it’s not blocked at work

Another set of teachers are here today!

The CICT co-ordinators are here learning how to upload from photbucket!

 This picture of Loch Achray taken yesterday by J. Vass on our way to Ben A’An (great way to spend the Falkirk September long weekend!) seemed an appropriate image for this ‘reflective’ post

Recently I’ve been busy visiting some ICT co-ordinators to help them set up their school websites. I’ve also been very busy getting to grips with the Schools-online web application used by most Falkirk schools.

Getting to know this application has also made updating the Falkirk VTC website and the linked Staff Area easier and I’ve already made some changes.

Blogging with Classes presentations have been added (using google docs saved me a lot of work – I just made some necessary changes to a few slides from a previous presentation and the update was immediate). The link to some  Great Free Online Tools is now ‘live’ and I’ve even mentioned a few Falkirk Class Blogs!

This afternoon was the first of the Probationers ‘taster sessions’ to let them know what’s available to help them use ICT to improve Learning and Teaching …. tomorrow is the first of the ICT co-ordinator meetings. Just this week alone there are 2 Probationer meetings and 3 ICT co-ordinator meetings. I’m also signed up for a 2 day course at Stirling Management Centre - I need to learn to juggle more plates