self-reflection
This post is brought to you by the number 549 and the letter Q
This was the number facing me as I opened my email this morning: 549. 549 apparently unread emails. This was depressing. What a way to start the year! Already significantly behind! However I knew – in part at least – why the number had crept up to such heights. What I didn’t know was how […]
Read MoreBrave or Stupid? Abandoning email #workflow #teacher5aday #wellbeing #productivity
There are plenty of articles out there about email productivity, labelling, filtering. Colour stars abound. Branching labels grow unchecked. I won’t link to them here. My workflow – for years – has almost always been manually controlled: Interesting / useful email message? Forward to Evernote for archiving and tagging. An action from an email message? […]
Read MoreConstructing my hackable classroom – Part 1 #ThisIsMyClassroom
//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js In late 2015 I had the opportunity to sit down and design a classroom environment suited to Computer Science students. After surveying my students and getting lots of ideas (including one which resembled a living-room with C shaped sofa – tempting, I’ll admit) for what they consider would be their optimal learning environment I […]
Read MoreAdding some WSQ to my #flipclass
I’m nearly a month into my flipped classroom approach and I’m already seeing the benefits (some of which I’m sharing as part of a whole-school INSET on Wednesday): Students are – in the main – responding well to the video introductions or lessons My tasks are becoming more diverse to cater for students who need […]
Read MoreSome thoughts on a developing workflow – Google #Classroom and #GAFE
It is nearly the end of my first term at my new school and Google Classroom and other apps are fully embedded in my subject for years 7 – 13. I thought it was a good time to reflect on some of the successes and issues still to be resolved in my workflow using Google […]
Read MoreTransferring ownership in #Google Drive #GAFE
In a few days I will be leaving my current school and want to ensure that the work I have curated, created and shared via Google Drive over the past four years does not disappear into the digital ether. A few weeks ago I began to investigate how to backup Google Apps for Education emails, […]
Read MoreCan two VLEs work together?
I’ve just updated a short VLE comparison document I created in March last year. Since then my school has moved forward with a locally hosted Sharepoint 2010 installation which, in the next few weeks, will become available to staff to allow them to populate department and extra-curricular group sites, create blogs and wikis using the […]
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17 iPad apps for teachers #RGCdevicetrial
Tomorrow I hand over the iPad to a colleague, so I’m signing out of all linked accounts and removing whatever personal data I can. I’ve also purged the apps installed and categorised them so the next person using the iPad isn’t overwhelmed with pages upon pages of apps to investigate. Here are the apps that […]
Read MoreA return to blogging – iPad & WordPress app #RGCdevicetrial
The blog has been a bit sparse this year, something I desperately want to rectify. Time has been an issue due to work and personal commitments but, really, what’s new with that? I have a lot (an awful lot!) that has gone un-blogged in the past two months. Two weeks ago Robert Gordon’s College began […]
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