What will your pupils say about how they were taught in 2011?

When we lead a Keynote session with Andrew Stogdale at the Northern Grid for Learning Conference we asked the children to prep their own script, based on how they might look back on their school years...details of their stunning thinking here

ICT for Education Conference in Newcastle

Just found out I follow the amazing Tim Rylands on stage at this event...eeek!

ICT Live


The ICT for Education Conference in Newcastle presents a great line-up of speakers, including inspirational education experts, teachers from award winning schools, leaders of education bodies and representatives of government organisations. The conference sessions are complemented by an exhibition showcasing the latest educational products and services and ICT Reviews Live!, which will put selected products through their paces.

New School Website

Its been a long time in the making but thanks to some expert help from the Local Authority the new school website is up and running:

here it is!

House of Commons and Links to Core Education

House of Commons

On Monday 9th May Core Education organised an afternoon tea reception in the Members Dining Room at the House of Commons. The purpose of the event, attended by MPs, Lords and other special guests, was to demonstrate how teaching and learning is enhanced using mobile technologies.

Five schools, specially selected because of their innovation and enthusiasm for using hand held devices to expand learning in and out of the classroom, sent around 5 students and 2 teachers per school to attend. The students ages ranged between 6 and 16 and while each child had a unique take on the equipment all of them were able to clearly prove just how engaging, valuable and essential they find mobile technologies in the modern classroom.

To get a glimpse of the day, please take a look at the photos HERE

This is taken from the CORE ED website...take a look!

Carl

Report date: May, 2011

Presentation= check
Train ticket= check
Conference Pass= check
School sorted for my absence= check

LWF (Learning Without Frontiers) awaits, Ill blog or tweet #LWF11 updates when I can!

Carl

Snowy rescue

The team were filmed again, we think by the same person in my previous post, on a recent call-out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pcdg9m7Dao&feature=related its snowy and its saltburn Carl

Someone is watching you...

Last week we used ropes, man power and even crampons to help evacuate a woman from Saltburn Woods. Hard packed snow and ice made even standing up straight a challenge! A Team Member found this video on You Tube showing a rescue from earlier this year from a similar location. Good team work and multi agency working on both call-outs.

The recent rescue was filmed by the Police, from their helicopter.

We don't know who posted this You Tube clip.

Or why.

Questions, questions:

Did anyone ask me if I was happy to be filmed, and the footage shown?

What about the casualty, their relatives, their friends?

What happens in a school when a camera is used? Do children know to ask permission before they film? How do they decide here to post a film, who do they share an image with?

I tell my Governors if I leave work to attend a call-out. What if I forgot, and the first they knew about it was this?

What if the first time I saw my bald spot was on You Tube without warning!