Down to Devon, at the Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter, for the last event in a huge three week block for us.
Today, we had the joy of working alongside a real Joy. 
Joy Simpson, is Literacy Consultant for Devon, and is someone we keep nicking ideas from gathering inspiration and thoughts from already. Joy writes and contributes to [...]

National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services Phase Three of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Leadership Programme here in London consists of a two-day residential conference. Today, we delivered a workshop, looking at different ways of motivating and inspiring students through the imaginativre use of technology.

Another glimpse in to Roz Brown’s Myst based SOW which she wrote the first installment of during our Nurturing Narrative course in East Malling last week.
Roz is the Learning Dimension Leader in Communication & Literacy at Valence School, in Kent.
Roz has also attached screen shots of the Boardmaker symbol sheets that she used. (Click on the images to [...]

Today, we had the opportunity to put what we had covered yesterday… in to action.
Well done, to all the staff, and pupils, at Banockburn, for some wonderous wanderings in the world of words!

 
Thank you to a few observing visitors, for their comments about some of the elements they found captivating:

How the resources used were not [...]

Day One of a two day visit to Bannockburn Primary School in Greenwich, London. Today, a closed school training day with visiting colleagues from other schools, then tomorrow, the best bit,  a day of demonstration lessons with the pupils. We were invited here by Rob Carpenter, who is co-ordinating a project with several other schools involved in the London [...]

Day Two of the National College Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Leadership Programme Phase Three, at The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, and we are providing the afternoon Keynote, focusing on the learning, harnessing technologies and adapability.
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Today, we were running a workshop looking at different technologies that can have an impact on standards in the classroom, as part of the Phase three of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Leadership Programme and their two-day residential conference, at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate. 
The conference consists of structured debates, workshops and keynote speeches. [...]

Day two of the “Nurturing Narrative Event” here in Kent. Today, we had the joy of working alongside staff, and students, from Stone Bay School,  Broadstairs, Kent.
And… Wow! What a superb experience! The Kent SEN ICT crew, are a remarkable bunch. In the run up to this event, we have had a lot of Skype [...]

Roz Brown – English teacher at Valence School, Westerham, Kent, was kind enough to record the first part of her thoughts on using some of the virtual worlds with her special needs students.
Valence is a special school for students with physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Students are divided into ability groups for lessons.
Having seen [...]

Day 1 of the Nurturing Narrative Special Schools Event, at the East Malling Conference Centre, in Kent. The aim: give staff confidence to integrate technology, and engage students with mixed levels of language, communication and literacy needs.

A fun day of lessons at Binfield Primary School, Binfield, Bracknell Forest. Another lovely day, full of more laughter. Thank you to Jill Hanson, her colleagues and pupils for a thoroughly enjoyable wander through the world of words.

Here’s a different way of making a stop frame animation.
It is a good way of showing that you really do need to plan before you start.
Imagine the prep for this short film.