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New GCSEs | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. June 24, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Teaching. We need to know how well pupils are progressing in their education, we also need to know (from time to time) what point they have reached, so some form of assessment is important but it’s also right to remember that assessment IS NOT the goal. The new GCSE reforms based on a single test, taking no account of any other evidence is not just flawed it is simply wrong. If you are interested in developing y...
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The worlds most powerful tool – ever | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. The worlds most powerful tool – ever. June 4, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in eSafety. I was really impressed with the broadcast of ‘Start The Week’ on the 27th May. This had Eric Schmidt (CEO at Google) amongst others talking about data protection and what Google and others do (and ought to do) about data protection. The program is available for download at:. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/stw. Or from my dropbox at:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. Bob Harding has worked in education for over 30 years. Starting his working life as an electrical engineer Bob began by designing control systems for coal mines (with an emphasis on under ground railway signalling). Aged 24 he retrained to become a teacher of electronics and worked initially in Design and Technology. SInce 2005 Bob has worked for a local education authority as an ICT consultant for secondary schools, working with pupils aged 11 –...
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So … how do you teach kids to code? | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. So … how do you teach kids to code? June 25, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Teaching. I hate sentences that start with SO). I’ve looked at a lot of tutorial sites that basically look and fee the same boring. I really enjoy fiddling with code and would consider myself a bit ‘techy’, my thoughts are that if I find the site boring then what would the average ‘non techy’ think? What do you think? Treehouse ‘Introducing programming’ page.
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IGZO glass | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. July 10, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Hardware. This new display material seems to be just on the verge of coming to the consumer market. There are 32 displays available for around 2000 at the moment but then that is for an outstanding display that would cost in excess of 1000 using traditional technology. 1 smyles - July 14, 2013. Reblogged this on AccessAbility Solutions. April 9, 2016. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Awesome | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. June 25, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Teaching. I’ve just found Fake Grimlock. The idea of ‘Just Be Awesome kind of appeals but there are some serious ideas under a fun persona. Not quite sure where this is going yet but I’ll be finding out more for sure. Fake grimlock on Youtube. No comments yet — be the first. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Google Reader | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. June 27, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Software. I’m a fan of Google reader. It has always worked well and I’ve found it a great place to synchronise my RSS feeds. It gets closed down on 1st July so it is finally time to change. I’ve decied to use Feedly. And moved over tonight. For once I can’t believe how smoothly the transition went I didn’t have to sign in to Feedly or do any exporting or importing it just worked. Fantastic.
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New word–Skeuomorphic (and iOS7) | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. New word–Skeuomorphic (and iOS7). June 13, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in iApps. I came across this word when reading about Apples new design for iOS (7). Apparently skeuomorphic relates to making one thing look as if it mad from a different material in software terms this might be a notepad screen being made to look like a piece of paper. Read more about iOS7 here. No comments yet — be the first. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Making Windows 8 usable again | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. Making Windows 8 usable again. June 13, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Software. I’m possibly not a great person to talk to about Windows 8, whilst I have used it I don’t have it installed on my PC and still struggle with it every time. Metro styling on a phone seems fine but I still don’t like it on my PC and too much is hidden for my preference however it does seem that Microsoft are working on it and may have an announcement soon. You are commenti...
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Lessons in Leadership | ICT Nuggets
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Bite sized info for secondary school subject leaders. May 15, 2013. Posted by bremhillbob in Teaching. Whether you are a classroom teacher, a middle manager of a school leader you will have a leadership role, so how much thought do you give to your style of leadership? This light hearted article on the leadership of James T Kirk make an easy ready but makes some sensible points. Keep exploring and learning. Understand the psychology of others. Radically change course when circumstances dictate. This is r...
