2006 November « Blog of Mr C

Interview with pupil bloggers

I recently recorded an interview with two year 8 pupils about their personal learning blogs. They have some interesting things to say about;

why they blog
when they blog
what they feel about their friends, teachers and strangers leaving comments on their blog
how they want to develop their blogs in the future

blogs: http://archl1.wordpress.com, http://scuth1.wordpress.com

Have a listen – it’s about 10 minutes long

November 30, 2006 Posted by Tim | ICT, blogs | | 2 Comments

Steve brought this great countdown website to my attention through delicious and I use it regulalry as a starter activity in conjunction with my mini-whiteboards. It really gets the grey matter ticking over and the majority of pupils love it. I’m just wondering if anybody makes use of any other gems out there and would like to share them…..

November 7, 2006 Posted by Tim | Thinking Skills, resources, starters | | 1 Comment

Find me a pupil

I pinched this idea from Joe Holmes while he was on placement at BRJ and I’ve modified it a bit. The original incarnation by Mike Hollis at MMU can be found here.

I’ve included the macro in my excel register and it selects a pupil at random – it’s great for keeping them all on their toes because they are not sure who is going to have to answer a question….

You can download a copy of the template below - I keep all my registers in one excel file along with a copy of my timetable, class progress, a list of all students – anything that works nicely as a seperate tab.