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The Day Before Christmas

A little seasonal tale for you to enjoy, based on the classic poem by Clement Clarke Moore, but butchered by my good self to reflect my thoughts on Twitter at the moment! Enjoy...

The Science of Santa

Came across this wonderful infographic on the BBC Infinite Monkey Cage website;

ICT innovation. Now in a bottle

At Porchester Junior, we're really proud of the ICT innovation that takes place in the school - across all the classrooms by all the staff.

In fact, we're so proud of it that we wanted to share it with others. We've thought long and hard about this and been asking ourselves the question; what is it exactly that we could share with others? 

So inviting...

Spotted this in a retirement care home recently. How cool does it sound and how much do I want to try this out!

A Merry Monkey Christmas

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;

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If ever there was an award for an advert being placed inappropriately in a newspaper then surely this weekend we have seen the worlds worst/best example that must take the prize.

How to worry yourself for no reason...

Below is a quick and easy guide to giving yourself a worrying afternoon, and evening, thinking that you had encountered a serious problem with the technology used within school.

The Human Subway

A quite brilliant representation of the Human Body - shown in the style of a London Subway map - from Sam Loman. Absolute genius.

So, has anyone ever travelled the Arterial line from the brain to the transverse colon? And is that in zone 4 or 5??

Apprentice 2010 - the 2DIY games

Here's a little bit of fun from this years Apprentice show that I created using 2DIY. There was only one person to base a game on this year - it had to be "The Brand", didn't it...