This weeks free lesson guide is a cracking Google Earth guide to measurement which not only develops skills in numeracy but also promotes global citizenship.
Once again it is produced in our ‘Teach-It‘ style and is engaging and enjoyable for both teachers and pupils to use.
Did I say it is yet another FREE lesson idea from the Do-Be team?
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I discovered another great app for the iPad this week and just had to share it with you. It is an idea board for the iPad which gives you an incredible new way to collect, organize, and share your ideas. Corkulous is made by Appigo, the same people who brought us Todo for the iPhone/iPad (another fab app).
Corkulous works like a pin board which you can customise directly from your iPad and comes with a whole host of cool options and gadgets you can use to customise your thinking space.
What I love about the app is that it is so intuitive to use. By selecting and dragging visual icons, you can create elaborate lists, mind maps and vision boards. this video really does the app justice.
Corkulous is currently priced at £2.99 in the iPad App store and in my opinion, is well worth the money (I’ve spent £17 on one app before!). One bonus is that you can email and export your work as a pdf or send the CorkBoard to another Corkulous user. The next step for me is to let the pupils loose on it in the classroom and see what they produce.
Hi everybody. This weeks free lesson and CPD resource comes from our fantastic Teach-It 2 pack.
Prezi-It walks you through the basics of using Prezi.com which is part of the new generation of classroom presentation tools. Our free lesson resource shows you how to create basic zooming presentations that are sure to impress, inspire and engage your learners.
You can view an example of a Prezi by clicking over to Kirsten’s presentation at YHGFL last month. All that is left for you to do now is click the image below to go to our Lesson Idea and CPD page to get your free resource (and find all our other free resources).
I think this is a fantastic video to show our senior school learners at this time of year as they embark into this fast-paced, ever changing world. The message of the video is as relevant today as it was in 2005.
People always think that because the schools are off that the Do-Be team have a rest. Unfortunately this is not the case. However, we did have a sneaky week off last week (But not Doobs!). This week is a busy week for the team. We are developing content, meeting with our ‘Creative Circle’, working on our new resource which helps teachers deliver Alcohol Awareness education in an innovative and engaging way. The resource is curriculum linked and will be freely available to all schools in the UK very soon.
On Thursday Louise is meeting with the Director of Education at North Ayrshire Council to discuss rolling out Teach-It to every school in the authority.
Scott is traveling to Midlothian Council on Friday. They are very interested to hear more about how Teach-It is taking the Midlothian schools by storm.
If you have a copy of Teach – it 2 you will know that it highlights how you can use the Ancient Rome layer in Google Earth to create an engaging classroom experience.
Well, those clever people at Google have been busy developing some other resources to support the teaching of Ancient Rome.
They have been using the Street View trike to capture images of castles, ruins, palaces and other landmarks around Europe. This includes all the UNESCO sites in Rome like the Imperial Forum and the Colosseum.
Why not leave us a comment telling us how you have used this in your teaching?
Good things come in small packages.
It’s not always the life changing apps that make a difference. Sometimes the ones which save us a few seconds make just as big an impact. FastLink (iTunes link) does just that. FastLink is also available for Android OS.
I often use it when I’m blogging or sending emails in school as it crunches any URL ready for posting. You simply input your long URL then hit ‘shorten’ and it does the job for you. Yes there are other options but this one is free and saves waiting on the Goo.gl page loading in Safari.
There are other apps such as Pixel Shrink iPad Edition (allows posting to your social networks) and Little URL which are both free, you may want to look at them but for sheer simplicity and fitness for purpose in a complicated world, FastLink is the one on my homepage!
“While parents possess the original key to their offsprings experience, teachers have a spare key. They too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children”.
Haim Ginott
Monday 21st
We have loads of Team meetings, and are meeting our web designer to make our website better.
We will be meeting Louise Love to brainstorm how to further develop our product base.
Louise is focusing on Alcohol Awareness all week – not just what young people need to learn but also some innovative ways to engage them in it.
Tuesday 22nd
Scott is training at Towerlands PS in Ayr on Teach-It 1.
Wednesday 23rd
Kirsten is attending the North Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning E-Learning meeting to present Teach-It.
Scott is presenting Teach-It 2 to IT coordinators in East Renfrewshire.
Stephen is training Perth and Kinross schools.
Thursday 24th
Louise is at Irwin Stuart editing the video that we captured at Islay High School during the Teach-It Alcohol Awareness training.
Then at FAP (Fife Alcohol Partnership discussing all things alcohol)
Friday 25th
Louise is meeting Drink Aware in London all day.
Scott and Kirsten are meeting Fujitsu in Edinburgh to explore potential ways of working together.
And Doobs – well I will be saving the world, one lesson at a time…
Stephen is in the Borders training Teach-It 1.
Scott is presenting to Holy Name PS in Fife.
Lou and Kirsten begin ‘Do Be girls on tour’ to NAACE.
Tuesday 15th
Stephen is running Teach-It 2 training in Melrose, Borders with 9 secondary schools and going to TeachMeet in Fife at night.
Scott is in the office all day and going to Fife’s first TeachMeet at night .
(We are sponsoring the drinks at this event and really looking forward to meeting some Fife educators.)
We are also giving away 2 Teach-It online and 2 paper packs to some very, very lucky schools!
Val Kennedy from Inverkeithing HS is doing a 7 min presentation on TIAA.
Scott will be available to meet/chat to anyone who fancies coming along and saying hi.
Kirsten and Lou will be working socks off at Naace by this stage – the girls will also be meeting Bradford and Woking Council in between.
Wednesday 16th
Scott is presenting Teach-It 1 to Grammar PS in South Ayr.
Lou and Kirsten are still at Naace on stand 18 at the Conference
2011 – Brave New World: Changing Times in Education – 15 – 17 March
2011 – Wokefield Park Reading:http://www.naace.co.uk/conference2011.
We have pride of place and one of the biggest stands at the conference (!) stand 18 in the marquee – please come and say hi!
The Naace Strategic Conference and Exhibition is recognised as one of the key forums for exploring, debating and challenging current thinking about technology and learning. With top-flight keynote speakers, workshops on topical issues and an exhibition with the most innovative suppliers, Naace 2011 is gearing up to be another formative event.
Thursday 17th
Scott is training Teach-It 1 at Wellwood PS – school of Olivia Wexelstein.
(DoBe Do’er and fab teacher – also key organiser of TeachMeet).
Lou and Kirsten are back in a heap but trudging through the tons of contacts they’ve made at Naace and making sure they get in touch with each one.
Friday 18th
Stephen is training probationers at Inverclyde on how to use and apply new technologies to the curriculum to meet aims of CfE.
Friday night – we are all going out for a DTS night in Glasgow (thank you to our lovely pal Jim Lawson at North Lanarkshire Council for the invite!)
According to the laws of aerodynamics the Bumblebee should not be able to fly.
The Bumblebee does not know anything about aerodynamics!
We were sent this lovely commendation and evaluation from a recent Scottish Borders training session carried out by our very own Stephen. Interested or thinking about working with us? – read on…
Hi Stephen,
I have attached the evaluations from the day. I hope you find them useful. You will see they are extremely positive!
We would like to book a similar session for next year with next year’s probationers. We may have fewer numbers of probationers so depending on numbers we might even try to have primary and secondary together if that would be possible?
Thanks again.
You are doing a great job!!
Fiona
Fiona Szoneberg
Teacher Support Officer
If that hasn’t got you convinced then have a read at the evaluations below.
