Comments for ClassroomTM http://www.classroomtm.co.uk Helping to make children learning consumers Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Reasons I’m resisting a Kindle (for now) by Susan Banister http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/reasons-im-resisting-a-kindle-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 Susan Banister Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:08:01 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=304#comment-1619 I love reading books and turning the pages. I thought the same as you about moving away from books when I got an iPad at the end of last year. I re-read a favourite of mine The Count of Monte Cristo (free classic) on it. It was a much better experience that I thought. The white on black option meant that I could read in bed without the lights off when my husband was asleep next to me. The book itself is large and cumbersome so the iPad was much easier to carry around and a multiple use/app device too. I have never met anyone who regrets having a Kindle. My mother in law loves hers. I love books but don't think it will be long before I am used to reading from a device. But I do think I will miss looking at my favourites on a bookshelf or going into Waterstones for a browse. I love reading books and turning the pages. I thought the same as you about moving away from books when I got an iPad at the end of last year. I re-read a favourite of mine The Count of Monte Cristo (free classic) on it. It was a much better experience that I thought. The white on black option meant that I could read in bed without the lights off when my husband was asleep next to me. The book itself is large and cumbersome so the iPad was much easier to carry around and a multiple use/app device too. I have never met anyone who regrets having a Kindle. My mother in law loves hers.

I love books but don’t think it will be long before I am used to reading from a device. But I do think I will miss looking at my favourites on a bookshelf or going into Waterstones for a browse.

]]> Comment on The best 8 Apps I use for school by Danny Nicholson http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/the-best-8-apps-i-use-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 Danny Nicholson Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:46:30 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=283#comment-1618 Thanks for the entry to the Blog Carnival - the post is now live at http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/01/the-ed-tech-blog-carnival-2012-1/ Thanks for the entry to the Blog Carnival – the post is now live at http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/01/the-ed-tech-blog-carnival-2012-1/

]]> Comment on #Googlemeetup – a review by James Mansell http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/googlemeetup-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 James Mansell Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:20:44 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=221#comment-1521 Hear, hear. Thank you Google for the Chromebook. I too have been using it all day and am so far pretty impressed with it. Could I live totally in the cloud? Only time will tell, but I'm glad of the chance to try! Hear, hear. Thank you Google for the Chromebook. I too have been using it all day and am so far pretty impressed with it. Could I live totally in the cloud? Only time will tell, but I’m glad of the chance to try!

]]> Comment on Titles versus objectives by admin http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/titles-versus-objectives/comment-page-1/#comment-79 admin Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:56:27 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=152#comment-79 I totally agree. Thanks for commenting! I totally agree. Thanks for commenting!

]]> Comment on Titles versus objectives by Kevin McLaughlin http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/titles-versus-objectives/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Kevin McLaughlin Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:43:22 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=152#comment-78 I agree, I hate the damn things. I see no point in them whatsoever and would love to know what educational value they have apart from telling the class what you, the teacher, are expecting them 'to learn or to have learned' by the end of a lesson. I don't like to be told that I have to enforce learning on my students but that is what a learning objective does. It doesn't prepare students for the lesson but merely removes the mystery. More often than not, I never write an objective on the board or display on the screen. We site, we discuss, we think what it is we want to get from the lesson. We work together on what we consider important for each other, some children create their own objective to work towards based on previous learning or a previous lesson. They use feedback I've given them as part of this basis for learning. If we were to use individual targets and objectives for each learner in the class, then a board would be filled pretty quickly. So away with the objectives and bring back the mystery and delight of learning, of finding out for ourselves and discovering something we never knew before.' I agree, I hate the damn things. I see no point in them whatsoever and would love to know what educational value they have apart from telling the class what you, the teacher, are expecting them ‘to learn or to have learned’ by the end of a lesson. I don’t like to be told that I have to enforce learning on my students but that is what a learning objective does. It doesn’t prepare students for the lesson but merely removes the mystery. More often than not, I never write an objective on the board or display on the screen. We site, we discuss, we think what it is we want to get from the lesson. We work together on what we consider important for each other, some children create their own objective to work towards based on previous learning or a previous lesson. They use feedback I’ve given them as part of this basis for learning. If we were to use individual targets and objectives for each learner in the class, then a board would be filled pretty quickly.
So away with the objectives and bring back the mystery and delight of learning, of finding out for ourselves and discovering something we never knew before.’

]]> Comment on Newsletter Versus Website by admin http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/newsletter-versus-website/comment-page-1/#comment-68 admin Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:41:41 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=146#comment-68 That's a very good idea Jo, and thanks for suggesting it. i'm sure there's a little wordpress App that can produce a page of 'This week's links' for example, which I could then link to and send out to others. Thanks for the input! That’s a very good idea Jo, and thanks for suggesting it. i’m sure there’s a little wordpress App that can produce a page of ‘This week’s links’ for example, which I could then link to and send out to others. Thanks for the input!

]]> Comment on Newsletter Versus Website by Jo Badge http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/newsletter-versus-website/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Jo Badge Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:21:55 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=146#comment-67 As a parent I would appreciate the odd 'nudge' to remind me to look at the school website (in preference to a weekly newsletter). Could you instead provide a weekly email with a link to just one item on the website? With the idea that they will discover other content while they are there? As a parent I would appreciate the odd ‘nudge’ to remind me to look at the school website (in preference to a weekly newsletter). Could you instead provide a weekly email with a link to just one item on the website? With the idea that they will discover other content while they are there?

]]> Comment on Notes on Leadership by John McLear http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/notes-on-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-43 John McLear Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:32:19 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=124#comment-43 Keep it real. Keep it real.

]]> Comment on Favourite Theories: Ski Break Theory by Matt http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/favourite-theories-ski-break-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Matt Wed, 19 May 2010 13:00:18 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=105#comment-31 Definately good evidence for this working - even more so if the break includes a visit to the pub. Definately good evidence for this working – even more so if the break includes a visit to the pub.

]]> Comment on Working blind to change by admin http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/working-blind-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-28 admin Wed, 05 May 2010 13:53:46 +0000 http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/?p=97#comment-28 John I totally agree. If the leaders can 'sell' technology as making life better/easier/cheaper, there will be far more of a take-up. John I totally agree. If the leaders can ‘sell’ technology as making life better/easier/cheaper, there will be far more of a take-up.

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