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Monthly Archives: January 2012
How to add a sidebar to single posts using the Twenty Eleven WordPress theme
I have been using the Twenty Eleven Theme for WordPress as a basic, no-frills design that gets my blog working with the minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, the Single Post (single.php) template in its unmodified form used a very basic design with … Continue reading
Advance visit to my second placement school
Today was a really interesting day as I had a preview visit to my second placement school and an opportunity to meet some students and staff at work. It made a great change to be at a mixed school — … Continue reading
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Gove announces end of boring ICT lessons
Today Gove announced the end of demotivating and dull ICT lessons. I cannot applaud this enough and look forward to the return of Computing in every school. Goodness how I relish the prospect of kids actually learning something rather than … Continue reading
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PGCE ICT with anything you like
This year I am studying PGCE ICT with Computing at King’s College London. [snip]For editorial reasons, this section has been removed. It mostly commented on how many PGCE courses focus on learning how to be a teacher and do not … Continue reading
Gove bores schoolgirls silly with a lecture on academies
Despite what some people may think or say, Michael Gove is not stupid. I was therefore surprised to see him delivering a lecture on academy schools to young schoolchildren. Could this have been a set-up by the school staff? Surely … Continue reading
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OCR Nationals ICT and the f*** word
I don’t normally get up at 5AM but as I’m awake now I might as well stay up. I managed to catch a cold this week and I appear to have lost my voice, and if this doesn’t clear up … Continue reading
Visit to second placement school and help from King’s tutors
Looking at my KCL PGCE timetable today, I just noticed that we are due to visit our second placement schools on Thursday 12 January. One of my King’s tutors is super-helpful whatever the day and time — like on a … Continue reading