alastair.turnbull

I thought I would share some practical advice and tips, and experience.
We have an OS X server. When an camera is attached to download photos, it only goes into iPhoto on that laptop. On a recent trip with my class (27 P5s) I took over 130 photos. I wanted each laptop to see [...]

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Our server has given up the ghost for a few days, so, as it was the main ICT day when I take other classes for ICT I had to resort to photocopiable materials. Usually I am a hands on teacher! I looked around school and came across “5-14 Developing ICT Capability Developing [...]

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Last week I was fortunate to attend an inservice course “ICT and Literacy”, with reference to A Curriculum for Excellence.
The day had various components, including how and what ICT materials was used in our classes. There were about a dozen teachers who were teaching at different different stages in primary schools. Two [...]

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Mr. Scott Executive
Holyrood
Edinburgh
Dear Sir
May I, on behalf on the staff here at Colgrain Primary, thank you for your recent generosity, in giving us a large amount of money to spend. We are delighted!
The staff have been busy in discussions in full staff meetings, as well as informally, trying to decide what we should buy. [...]

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Over the Christmas break I met a very interesting woman involved in intellectual property management and we got on to the subject of creating work and publishing.  Under the Employment Act (1977) if an employee produces a piece of work, which is related to the purpose of their employment, the piece of work belongs to [...]

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This is an article in The Observer (Business and Media) 07.01.07
Reading it I found it very true to life. Especially the middle section starting “There’s a surreal quality to it……..Yuck!”
We are not getting it right. The children in the P7 class I take for ICT, at home do use Bebo, MySpace, MSM, text [...]

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Microsoft Vista is good. See the New York Times article……..it comes up after the ad.
http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp
But, who am I to judge? I’m a mere Mac user…………..

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We have been informed that we are going to get a fairly large amount of money to spend (additional SEED funding!)
One offer I have heard of concerns Promethean Boards:
For new users of Promethean boards there is a special offer.
2 x Activboard+2 wall mounted 64” or 78” Systems (it does not matter which) with [...]

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Well, what has been happening recently?
I have been contributing to Andrew Brown’s blog, debating how we should discuss our experiences using GLOW.
http://www.whereisab.co.uk/
It has certainly generated discussion! There are some interesting viewpoints. Ask people for their views and you certainly get them!
Today, I was on a course myself, Using a Promethean Board. So [...]

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Well, this week of course I have been exploring Glow. Wow! So much there. As many people will know, time just flies by when sat in front of a computer and you get to use/see something new. I have already spent nearly three hours looking around and making comments (constructive I [...]

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