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Comic Life. On the iPad. At last!

I was really pleased to see a new addition to the iPad app store tonight. After a very long wait Comic Life is finally available for Apples Flagship tablet.

Creative Thinking

I've spent the day painting ceilings and walls (well, it is a Bank Holiday!), but during that time my mind wandered and I found myself thinking about just how the images I've grabbed from The Sims Medieval could be used in the classroom.

More on The Sims Medieval

I'm still ploughing through this in search of images that could be used for creative writing lessons in school. I've got some, but I'm hoping that once I've added all of the remaining buildings, I might get free reign to go wandering and get the images that I really want!

A new, olde, world?

Recently my daughter bought 'Sims Medieval' - the latest in the long line of The Sims franchise from Electronic Arts (EA). I've never really paid much attention to The Sims, and don't really 'get' the idea of telling a computer character how to live their life.

More MP communication

After my previous article regarding an email I sent to my MP with my concerns about the National Curriculum review, and the answer that was given by the DoE, I contacted her again to ask a follow up question.

Project evaluation: I Myst the target

Well I've come to the end of a "mini Myst" topic in school with the upper school classes, and now it's over I can reflect on how it's gone.

PrimaryWall

PrimaryWall is a great new site from Primary technology (the people that brought us PrimaryPad, Primary Blogger, SearchyPants, and a host of other useful sites too).

Collaborating, the 2Simple way

I've just been playing with the '2Investigate' program within 2Simples PurpleMash creative online learning package that we use in school, and in particular the new 'collaborative' feature of 2Investigate.

Skills, what skills?

Back in January I wrote to my local MP with my concerns over the information that was coming from the Department of Education with regards to the National Curriculum review. In particular, I was concerned about the lack of any mention of ICT in the initial discussion papers.

Online Safety concerns, approaches and impact

Yesterday in school we became aware of an incident of cyber-bullying (don't like that work, never have. It's bullying - carried out online - and it doesn't need 'cyber' to prefix it), and it quickly became apparent that many of our pupils are using Facebook.

Farewell Becta, you went too soon

Tonight the Becta website shuts down. For good. It goes and will be no more [insert Monty Parrot 'dead parrot' type sketch here].

Literacy in Touch

Came across the following post from the Education Bradford ICT teams 'Literacy in Touch' project this evening, regarding using iPads / iPods and Macs in schools to raise reading levels.