Websense (continued)
Posted in Personal on Aug 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Came back from holidays. Tried to access the internet but Websense won’t allow it.
Ach well, back to IGear again!
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Websense
Posted in Personal on Apr 24th, 2007 No Comments »
We are currently “trialling” the new IGear – something called “Websense”. Apparently this is much better than the old IGear. My story so far:
Computer switched to Websense late on Friday afternoon.
Monday: tried to access internet – Every site is blocked by Websense. (and I do mean “every” site) Reported to technician. No faults found – [...]
The “UP” side of ICT
Posted in Personal on Mar 14th, 2007 No Comments »
I, once again, had the pleasure of training some teachers in the use of Smart boards yesterday. They all arrived full of enthusiasm, and with a huge range of previous experiences, from the “I’ve never touched one before” to the “I have one in my classroom and use it every day”. Once they got started [...]
A Down side to ICT
Posted in Personal on Feb 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
We have recently experienced one of the nastier sides of ICT and I post this as a warning to all teachers out there. Pupils using mobile phones in a classroom, in particular, the cameras on mobile phones especially without the teacher’s knowledge. Recently a small video clip was taken in one of our classrooms and [...]
Do We Practice What We Preach?
Posted in Personal on Feb 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
This morning was absolutely gorgeous – cold, clear and crisp. It is what winter should be like. As I was walking into the school, though, I noted to my horror the number of cars in the car park with small, what can only be described as postcard-sized, “clear bits” scraped from the windscreen to allow [...]
Christmas Quiz
Posted in Personal on Dec 20th, 2006 No Comments »
A simple quiz for Christmas time. See how well you do!
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Hello there!
Posted in Personal on Aug 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
A brief introduction.
I have been teaching Biology & Science in Tobermory High School for over 23 years now and have a strong interest in ICT.
I try to use ICT most days in the classroom, where I have an interactive whiteboard as my main teaching tool. I have developed a number of resources which I use [...]
