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ICT and the Classroom teacher - what should we expect?

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Hometown:: Norwich

Website:: http://www.learnblog.net/ict/

Role: Teacher, Trainer, Advisor

About Me: I'm an ICT teacher, AST and Lead Practitioner Coordinator for SSAT. I'm interested in bringing the real world more into the curriculum using ICT. This includes learning about global issues and communicating with other students at link schools around the world.
I also help to lead ICT ITT training in Norfolk and Suffolk.
I'm a father of 3 boys, so my spare time is mainly spent watching CBeebies, cycling, canoeing and flying kites!

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This week I am giving a workshop at the SSAT National ICT Conference. The focus of my presentation is how to combine the need to give the curriculum a global dimension with finding ways to give ICT tasks a real sense of audience and purpose.

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Posted on November 10th, 2007 at 9:25am — 3 Comments

What is RSS and how do I use it?

What does it mean?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is a very handy tool that enables you to receive automated updates on your favourite websites, discussions, blogs etc. Basically, it means that the information comes to you rather than the other way round. It is particularly useful when you want find out what is new on a… Continue

Posted on June 24th, 2007 at 9:18am —

Social Bookmarking Explained

For a food loving person like myself a web tool called del.cio.us was too good an opportunity to miss!

Del.icio.us is a must have web tool called a social bookmarker…

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Posted on June 19th, 2007 at 8:36pm —

Flashmeeting Explained

How to set up Flashmeeting
Flashmeeting is a very basic video conference application. It does not require any specialised software except flash (version 7 or above). You can communicate using a microphone. You can use a webcam as well…

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Posted on June 19th, 2007 at 8:32pm —

About Alex Savage

I'm an ICT teacher, AST and SSAT Lead Practitioner. This means that I borrow ideas from anyone I meet and try them out on my long suffering students! If any of them work, I then share them with as many other teachers as I can.

ICT is still only a baby subject, but it is growing rapidly. The majority of ICT teachers still don't have any qualifications in this core subject (me included). Meanwhile, our students are rapidly becoming more advanced in using ICT effectively than we are.…

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At 5:38pm on November 15th, 2007, Sue Crawte said…: Alex, please could I have a Flash Meeting account? Am keen to be included in the Flash Meeting "meeting" too!
I really enjoyed your sessions today. Looking forward to more learning at Notre Dame on the 6th December!

At 11:04pm on November 14th, 2007, Chris Ryall said…: Hi Alex, we've never met - although I'm sure I've read posts of yours all over the place. Our closest connection is that I mentor Sue Crawte who has attended some of your GTP training sessions - does that make us firends in a web 2.0 sense? :)

At 10:25am on July 4th, 2007, Ian Noble said…: Please could you tell me the name of the book you told me about Net 2.0.

At 10:13pm on June 22nd, 2007, Paul Quinn said…: Alex - good to meet you at the LP meet @ the Arsenal yesterday. Have been nicking ideas from you for a while so it was nice to be able to say thanks in person.

At 8:22am on June 12th, 2007, Eddie Child said…: The funding is 'Computers for Pupils'. We're in a quite deprived area and can therefore access this funding which is to put a computer into the home of disadvantaged students. It's dependent on FSM and the Socio-Deprivation index of each students postcode.

At 1:45pm on June 5th, 2007, Eddie Child said…: Hey Alex,
We're messing around with UMPCS's at the moment for the 'computers for pupils' project. We've had our launch today and I've been training the parents etc to use the tablet functionality.

Makes be a little nervous giving away £100,000 of kit in one morning though!!!

See you soon,