When I returned to teaching almost exactly 1 year ago I decided that I wanted our Computing department course materials to be available electronically. I looked at various ways I might be able to do this, and came to the conclusion that a wiki would offer the most effective solution. There are a number of [...]
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What is Computing?
March 16th, 2010
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Our S1 pupils are currently making their choices for S2/3. In Computing next year we will be offering a bi-level Intermediate 1 / Intermediate 2 Computing course. I thought the best way to introduce pupils to the subject would be to put together a short movie highlighting some of the interesting projects we wil be [...]
Departmental blogging
January 23rd, 2010
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In the past fortnight we have launched the Forrester High School Computing Department blog. I think that this is a great way to share with parents the work which classes have been doing; homework which has been issued; and news about the department in general. It will also provide our pupils with a reference point [...]
Using Jing to create screencast tutorials
January 10th, 2010
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I currently teach a bi-level Higher / Intermediate 2 Computing class of 20 pupils. This can genuinely be described as a class of mixed ability – some pupils have elected to study Computing for the first time, while others have been studying the subject at various levels for the past 3 years. This creates a [...]
