Welcome again to the always sarcastic, sometimes helpful, weekly whinge about people getting things wrong in IT. This week I’m taking a bit of a break from moaning because I think that I managed to adequately vent in last week’s monster 3200 word article (thanks for the positive feedback by the way), so instead I’m…
Month: January 2014
How to Write an Email like an Adult
This week I’ve been inundated with messages from colleagues who see the standard of emails being poor. Not from students, no – from other staff! You may have picked up on the passive aggressive undertones to previous articles on email behaviour from me; that this is one of my biggest pet peeves, I get so…
My Book reviewed in Teach Secondary Magazine
I was delighted to have my book reviewed by the guys at Teach Secondary magazine, it’s a real honour to be talked of so highly on a page right next to the likes of Ian Gilbert. It’s still on sale if you want a copy!
Sustainable Use of Tech in the Classroom
It’s another week of sarcastic top-tips to improve your teaching and learning through technology. Innovation through technology, you could say. That’d make a great motto for a car company… This week is a very practical, but almost simplistic way to add more technology to your lessons. You don’t need every student to be sat there with…
Don’t share editable documents when you don’t have to!
It’s the first week of the new term and I’m back with my weekly dose of sarcasm masquerading as an informative email to improve teaching and learning with technology. This week I’m sharing something that’s a very small thing, but that makes a massive difference to your professionalism as an educator, and your thoughtfulness as…