Classroom and Network monitoring
April 29, 2008 by chris · Leave a Comment
The bane of my existence is students running ‘Youtube’ or a game behind the work they are supposed to be doing. I move around the class and behind me the games and videos spring into life. There are classroom monitors available but at prices between £4 000 ($8 000) to £8000 ($16000) Read more
Report from the frontline – two years with a VLE
April 24, 2008 by chris · Leave a Comment
Using a VLE with an exam syllabus – OCR Nationals in ICT
April 20, 2008 by chris · Leave a Comment
The KS4 qualification that occupies most of my time is the OCR Nationals in ICT. In common with most exam subjects that I have taught, I initially taught everyone all that they would need to get the highest grade – in this case a distinction, an A grade. The normal process is to mark the result and see who ‘gets it’ they would logically get a distinction and the remainder would be marked by the degree to which they failed to do what was asked of them,
The next big step
April 10, 2008 by chris · Leave a Comment
sub-notebook
A few weeks ago, I did a little research at my school. We are a specialist ‘Maths and Computing School’ so we are well provided with computers. We have 430 computers and 950 students, so very nearly 1 computer for every two students. The thing I am also aware of is that the traffic to the VLE is not proportional to the subjects or the teachers.
