graham.davidson » Uncategorized http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org My Argyll and Bute Glow Mentor blog. Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:31:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The New Term Ahead http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2007/08/17/the-new-term-ahead/ http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2007/08/17/the-new-term-ahead/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:31:51 +0000 Graham Davidson http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2007/08/17/the-new-term-ahead/ New term, new weans, new challenges, new buildings, new staff, new enemies. Where, oh where, did the holidays go to?

However, it’s back to the old grind, and it made me wonder what the coming year has in store, with particular reference to GLOW. Hopefully things will move along swiftly instead of drifting along slowly, and the more exciting times will be here sooner rather than later.

]]> http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2007/08/17/the-new-term-ahead/feed/ 1 Powerpoint Training http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2006/09/06/powerpoint-training/ http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2006/09/06/powerpoint-training/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:14:26 +0000 Graham Davidson http://grahamdavidson.edublogs.org/2006/09/06/powerpoint-training/ Yesterday I had the pleasure of introducing Microsoft Powerpoint to 15 teachers within the authority, both from the primary sector as well as the secondary sector. I was a bit apprehensive to start with but this soon disappeared as their faces began to light up along with expressions such as “oh, that’s brilliant”, “I can definitely use this” and “what a difference this can make to boring old lessons”. From the absolute beginner through to some of them who had dabbled before and were actually quite proficient, they all went away home with their own presentation(s) which they will be able to use. Indeed, one of them will be using hers today in a lesson. I would still advocate, though, that these courses should be over a number of days, not necessarily together, where the participants can go away, use and practice the skills they learn and bring back a completed project for the next days training which would take them further. I think this would help to maintain the enthusiasm and interest over a longer period of time rather than them returning to the ‘chalk face’ the next day and it’s all forgotten about. However, I shall now dismount from my high horse and finish off by saying what a wonderful experience yesterday was and thanks to all my “students” who put their heart and soul into the day. I hope it was worth it – it certainly was for me!!

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