http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk Teaching and Learning at KHCTC Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:37:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've had a little play with Video Spin today, it is a free slim down version of Pinnacle. Much easier to use than Windows Movie Maker, but less presentation tools, there is an option for upgrades. The interesting utility is the range of export formats, flash, Real Player, ... http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2008/02/16/video-spin/ My whole school assembly this week, I would like feedback from colleagues and students. Be gentle. :)[slideshare id=268460&doc=every-action-1203185838451975-4&w=425] http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2008/02/16/every-action/ I've now updated the teaching and learning newsletter page , as well as uploading our newsletters for the first and second part of the Autumn half-term. Autumn issue part.1 has been edited to remove the personal details of new staff. All documents are now PDF files. Thank you for ... http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/12/20/autumn-tal-newsletters/ Thanks to the individuals 103 individuals that have downloaded the Cyclone Sidr resources, a special thanks to those that have said 'thanks' and Alan for his efforts in advertising them over the last week. I will leave them for another week. http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/12/08/cyclone-sidr-resources/ As part of my International study visit to Bangladesh, one of my targets was to produce an educational resource. This is now complete. The resource is based on Cyclone Sidr and is aimed at Key Stage 3, it consists of six lessons and forms a complete case study.   http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/12/02/for-teachers-cyclone-sidr-resource/ The presentation I gave to staff tonight about part of my experiences in Bangladesh, the quality is poorer because I've had to save the slides as jpegs and reinsert them. Slideshare doesn't seem to like complex presentations sometimes :) . Not much information as I wanted to speak from personal ... http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/11/21/some-images-of-bangladesh/ Nice little tool for those educators using blogs I will have to up the language on this blog. Hat-tip Thinking 2.0 . http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/11/18/readability-tool/ Thanks to David, who directed me to the Friends of Kirk Hallam Lake and Meadows, a community group who have the aim of managing the attractive area around K.H.C.T.C . http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/11/18/friends-of-kirk-hallam-lake-and-meadows/ I'm becoming a bit of an amateur photographer, which just shows you how good digital cameras are, I received an email to say that one of my images, of the Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz, has been used in the new Berlin Schmap travel map. The Berlin visit is a ... http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/11/18/schmap-internet-travel-maps/  Wordpress isn't liking embedded Windows Media player and Mpg files, but I think I've come up with a solution. Click on the image for the virtual tour. The video might take some time to buffer. With thanks Atkins/Faithful and Gould. My room is on the second floor, but ... http://teachingandlearningforum.co.uk/2007/11/15/lakeside-campus-virtual-tour/