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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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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 - [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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A simple quiz for Christmas time. See how well you do!
xmas-things.xls
Merry Christmas, everyone!

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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 [...]

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