ICT For Learning

History Network Meeting

Ed_Podesta — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:12:22 +0000

Just a few links for the West-Berkshire History Network meeting that I’m attending tomorrow.

http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/ – Interesting Ways to use technology in your teaching.

http://telescopictext.com/ – explode some sentences by using this tool. Here’s my first go…

Then, a bit of bloggony – my thoughts on the report by the expert panel on the NC review, and

Finally, a plug for the SHP conference: http://www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk/conference/confcurrent/index.htm

Are You an Out-Law?

Ed_Podesta — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:48:23 +0000

This is a really interesting site. It asks you some questions about what’s illegal and what isn’t illegal about things lots of people do online. I used to be a lawyer, who specialised in this sort of thing, so I should perhaps not admit that even I didn’t know all the right answers – I’m 18% outlaw!

It seems that, if you’re a bit silly online, you could get yourself into quite a lot of trouble.

Questions for our guest speaker

Ed_Podesta — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:47:41 +0000

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zFarkTLXgr-_0Ih2K-pUDGZgf2WlegQ5KH-uaMtVqqY/edit

Year 7 Class – cover work

Ed_Podesta — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:56:26 +0000

Hello guys – I’m really sorry I can’t be teaching you today, my littlest is sick so I’m at home.

What I’d like you to do is to download these two worksheets, which are about using mobile phones safely and then designing your own one.

I’d like you to complete this work and email it to me, your cover teacher will tell you which email address to use.

thanks for working really hard this lesson!

Writing home

Ed_Podesta — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:40:21 +0000

In today’s lesson we’re going to explore the reasons that people write home. We’ll start off by brainstorming these reasons, and then we’ll hear about one particular letter that was not quite as it seemed.

When we’ve done that I’m going to set you a very special task to start in the lesson and finish at home. We’ll then listen to a ppt presentation before moving on to look at some information about trench life in groups.

mechanics trench presentation

Trench Life Research

Soldier Booklet

I really hope you like this lesson – it’s one of my favourites in the year 9 course!

Mr P.

Code Academy

Ed_Podesta — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:25:52 +0000

There’s not enough time in the day to day to do a proper post on this – but I wanted to post a little about Code Academy – at www.codecademy.com.

This is a brilliant way of learning how to code in Java Script.

Protected: A link for my year 9′s

Ed_Podesta — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:38:30 +0000

Work for Mr P’s year 9 history class:

Ed_Podesta — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:22:08 +0000

Dear all,

sorry I can’t be with you this afternoon.

Last lesson we were together we studied the propaganda of the First World War. You are doing some homework about making such propaganda.

In today’s lesson you’ll be making a presentation about the truth of the first world war. Download this presentation , and using this site make me a presentation, word document or publisher document setting out the truth of life on the front line in the First World War.

When you’re finished you can email it to me.

Thanks

Mr P.

Year 7 ICT: If you can’t do your homework because you don’t have…

Ed_Podesta — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:54:35 +0000

Your homework is at the bottom of here.

Wordprocessing software, or presentation software or a spreadsheet program, then look no further than this post.

You could use:

Google Docs

Download Libre Office

The one site you’ll need for your presentation

Ed_Podesta — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:38:28 +0000

Morning year 9!

Today we’re doing a presentation that persuades. I started with a pretty ropey one, to show you what shouldn’t be done.

We’re going to decide which of the weapons of the First World War was the ‘great’-est.

We will use the great criteria on your sheets, which are:

Source – “Teaching History” Journal

I do want to restrict you to ONE website only – as this isn’t a research lesson – it’s a using facts to persuade lesson.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/index.htm