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My open apology to Bradford Schools

Image by Mr Ush via Flickr A few years ago I got caught up in something shameful, something that damaged education, something that I have to apologize for and get if off my chest. While employed at...

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Primary School ICT leaders blogs

Please add your blog to the list below if you are a Primary School ICT Co-Ord/Leader: Here is the master RSS / Atom feed you can add to your reader

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Crayon Physics Game in the Primary Classroom

Crayon Physics is a download/install game, I received it as part of the humble indie bundle which cost me ~$5 for 4 games. There is a windows, mac and linux version. There is no right or wrong answer...

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WordPress.com Vs PrimaryBlogger Vs Self Hosted Vs Edublogs

WordPress is the only CMS you should be considering if you are serious about a long term investment. I know Google fan boys will say how Google Sites is free and okay but when the key thing about...

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Free online autocue

Ever needed a really quick, free and easy piece of autocue software without any barriers? Well Primary Technology paid me to make one for PrimaryPad so I released a jQuery plugin and pushed out a free...

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ICT teaching and learning framework

Matt Lovegrove and others have done a fantastic job of writing up an ICT teaching and learning framework. I added some minor bits and suggestions and here is an updated version: Download link I want to...

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Useful website for anger management #ukedchat

I’m not expert but it seems like calm.com would be a useful resource for behavioral management. It’s pretty hard to be angry or upset after idly watching it for a few minutes.

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The first school meeting

Warning: Contains some strong language

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Pep easing onto PrimaryWall

I just enabled Pep easing on the open source version of PrimaryWall. Easing is basically where the notes decellerate into place, making them have a much smoother move across the screen. Using pep...

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A director responding to Reading, Writing and Rip-Offs

Panorama released an episode leaving a possibly sour taste in the mouth of teachers about technology company directors (That’s what I did) [And now I’m a shareholder]. Here are my thoughts on the...

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