Mr Warner at BETT 2010

Story Stage

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:16:01 -0800

Lovely software allowing children to collaborate on a story using multiple mice at the same time.

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Scratch

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:11:27 -0800

Enjoying the demo / tutorial of Scratch. I really must download and try it out.

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@oliverquinlan 's Class blogs

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:37:59 -0800

I'm really impressed with @oliverquinlan's class blogs getting children to comment and reflect on each others work. Children are given time in class to do this... something I need to encourage more I think.

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Stupeflix

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:22:00 -0800

Need to find out more about Stupeflix after hearing about it from @digitalmaverick

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Linkbun.ch

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:11:09 -0800

Impressed with linkbun.ch - let's you open multiple links from one shortened URL. Thanks to @ianyorston

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SMART

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:00:45 -0800

The Smart table... Far too expensive for my budget but looks like fun.

Am pleased to see that Smart Notebook 10.6 has an imminent release which has Snow Leopard and Windows 7 support. Should also mean our Senteo voting systems will work with the new OSs.

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The DELL robot must have been at every BETT since they started!

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:53:05 -0800

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Primary Games

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:05:51 -0800

We use the games and resources from Primary Games quite a bit. Just seen their online option which helps teachers plan and allows them to set activities for children to try at home. Offered a discount as we are existing users.

Having a productive day so far. Time for a break I think.

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DBPrimary (2nd try)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:23:14 -0800

Just had a demo of DBPrimary... Has a really nice interface for primary pupils. Kent schools get ￡500 off the annual subscription too.

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2Simple

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:04:25 -0800

Just got a trial of 2Simple Online Tools. Want to talk to Simon Widdowson about it later. Could be a valuable addition to a VLE / online content for the children.

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I really like the look of the middle school site in this picture! :-)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:02:26 -0800

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Just met Sir Tim Rylands

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:35:01 -0800

A thoroughly nice chap. Chatted about VLEs briefly... Tim made an interesting comment about kids putting their work online to their VLE but then only the VLE users can see what they have done. Reminded me of my Snow photos and 2DIY games which were published openly on our school site and had such a lovely response from the Twitterverse.

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DBPrimary

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:31:42 -0800

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2Simple are extremely popular!

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:45:19 -0800

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I wonder if my wife will let me have a new TV.

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:41:40 -0800

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Anithings

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:32:08 -0800

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Just arrived...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:06:42 -0800

After a slightly chaotic entrance, I'm here. Now where do I begin?

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My BETT plans...

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:13:26 -0800

Well, I'm off to BETT tomorrow, so I thought I'd outline my plans. I've been to BETT many times before and have never really planned what I was going to do. This time, I have a list of things I definitely want to see and people I'd like to talk to if possible. So, in no particular order, here's my list so far...

1) Meet with the company who host my school website and look at their new Content Management System to decide if it's worth upgrading at the moment.
2) Look at VLEs... we still don't yet have a VLE, or one planned in great detail, so this is a really good opportunity to sit down with lots of different providers and see what they're offering.3) Visit the 2Simple stand... I want to find out more about 2Simple Online Tools (to complement our VLE when it's organised), 2Assess ICT, as well as find out about any new developments with 2Create a Super Story.
4) Visit the FilmClub stand... I've been running a FilmClub for a term now so it will be nice to visit their stand, pick up any tips (and any freebies they might be offering!).
5) Visit the Scholastic stand and meet the guy who is the brains behind 'Percy Parker'. Many years ago, he kindly offered visitors to my www.teachingideas.co.uk site some free downloads of some of the songs, so I'm keen to hear about what has happened to Percy since then.
6) Try to find any new and exciting gadgets / software / equipment which I can then try to convince my headteacher to allow me to buy!
7) Attend Teachmeet and Teacheat... this is the main reason why I'm going to BETT on a Friday this year, as I've only ever been on Saturdays before. I'm really looking forward to meeting new people and sharing ideas.
8) Watch some of the Teachmeet Takeover sessions.
9) Meet lots of people who I talk to, on a sometimes daily basis, via Twitter but have never met in real life.
10) Catch up with other Kent ICT teachers who I know through our ICT meetings.

I think that's enough to start with, but I'm sure that I'll think of some more on the train journey there tomorrow morning.

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A new gadget for BETT...

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:19:18 -0800

I've been a bit worried about how my iPhone will cope with being my digital brain for BETT... in particular if the battery will last if I'm using it to blog / phone / text regularly.

So, I've invested in a battery pack / charger for it. It came from Amazon and is remarkably small. I will see how it copes on Friday and Saturday!

Incidentally this is the third time I've written this post on my iPhone. The first two times, Posterous wiped the text and only uploaded the photo. Very strange and a little worrying... will this work when I'm at BETT?!

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Setting up a blog to share the things I see and hear about at BETT this week

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:22:39 -0800

Hopefully this will be a way of helping me to record the things that I find at BETT this week, rather than having to rely on my feeble brain!

But will I remember to use this? :-)

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