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2Investigate: Creating, Interrogating and Understanding databases

In our Upper school ICT topic recently we have been learning to create, interrogate, and understand Databases. As we used 2InvestigateOnline, one of the many program's within PurpleMash, I've written a full account of the work over on the 2SimpleTalk blog.

Note: The images used within this project were with the permission of the website hosting them.

ICT. A new beginning?

Let's be honest. I don't like Gove. I never have done in all the time he has been secretary of state for education. He doesn't listen to advice from those who know what they are talking about, and seems intent on pushing through his own version of a flawed educational approach.

New year. New start. New attitude.

2011 - A year of unbelievable ideas, suggestions and flawed thinking from the Department of Education, and in particular from Michael Gove and his Chamber of Ofsted.

A Merry Monkey Christmas

Formula1. The Final Curtain.

I felt a little sad this afternoon, as I geared up (sorry for the pun) for the race from Brazil, because it was the last one of a live season [for me]. There will be no more. It's the end of an era.

iOS5, iCloud and iWish

The recent release of iOS5 has introduced some changes to how we use the iPads within school. The most fundamental change has been iCloud. It offers the potential to make image sharing easier.

Assessing Primary ICT

“How can I assess the pupils understanding of ICT?”. A question often asked by primary ICT coordinators and assessment managers at schools throughout the country. It’s a question I’ve been asking for a while too.

Formula1: Procession or Racing?

Let me start by saying that I love watching Formula1. I love the sport. It's not just the racing, its the tactics that take place before a race, and even during a race. It's watching how teams react to each others decisions and try and outwit them. It's like a high speed chess match to some extent, but...

The iPad Does It All

The more we use iPads in school, the more I realise just what this small device is actually capable of. Over the past week my class have been working together on a short ICT related project to create a movie. My initial plans involved using the iPad for just one part of the story, but it quickly evolved into becoming the ONLY device used for the whole tale.

Online in the real world

I've been working with our upper school classes over the past few weeks about the using the Internet for communucation, during which we have looked at the difference between 'real world' communication and 'online' communication styles. The video below really shows - in a humorous way - just how different they really are;

One year on...

It was last October that I began a project that had a massive impact on the way I teach ICT. I had an opportunity, whilst my class were being taught by a trainee teacher, to see just what we could do on an iPad. Turns out it was lots!

It's official. Ofsted have spoken...

Finally, after what seems like an age, our recent Ofsted inspection can be talked about. Copies of the report have gone out to our parents today, and so it's now in the public domain. We did OK. Actually we did better than OK, we done 'Good'. We are officially 'Good' in all aspects of the official Ofsted report...