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Islay ICT: December 2011
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To record and get feedback from the world regarding Islay High Schools move down the ICT route. Sunday, 11 December 2011. Day 2 PIL Global Forum. The day started even earlier than planned. That's why the agenda is written on to remind me. During day 1 I had meet and spent some time with the group of teachers I was working with. These were all amazing educators in their own right. They had already won the national and regional forum competitions for their Virtual Classroom Tours. At SERC we had a backgrou...
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MVP Global Summit Bellevue & Redmond – Nov 3rd to 6th 2014 | David Renton's educational blog
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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. MVP Global Summit Bellevue and Redmond – Nov 3rd to 6th 2014. 2nd year as Kinect MVP. New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. One of the significant announcements in my field, which I can share, is that Microsoft are now selling a 30 adaptor for XBOX1 Kinect. XBOX1 Kinect Adaptor for Windows. Some of the TouchDevelop Team with me at the Microsoft Research Building. It was filed under Education. You are comme...
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Training Teachers to Code | David Renton's educational blog
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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Training Teachers to Code. There is a massive need amongst both primary and secondary teachers in the UK for training in coding. Throughout industry in the UK and the USA there is a shortage of programmers, with not enough graduates in Computer science related subjects coming out of University to fill those roles. As part of this I recently hosted a stand at the Scottish Learning Festival. And the ben...
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Making games in partnership with local Schoolchildren | David Renton's educational blog
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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Making games in partnership with local Schoolchildren. Students presenting ideas to Lochfield Primary. Discussions with the schoolchildren. Schoolchildren playing the games. The top 4 games as voted for by Lochfield Primary 6. Benefits to Games Development students. 1 They had a realistic learning experience by designing and writing games for a live client group. 2 The partnership was an enjoyable and...
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Games Development the ideal cross-curricular topic | David Renton's educational blog
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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Games Development the ideal cross-curricular topic. Curriculum for Excellence encourages teachers to use their professional expertise and creativity to show how subjects can be linked, just as they are in life and work. ( http:/ www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/curriculum/ACE. High Schools only properly started implementing Curriculum for Excellence in the last academic year (2012-2013) an...
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TEFL | My castle my rules
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My castle my rules. Burnaskone Manor at Voltaland. Questa pagina contiene siti di interesse per i docenti di lingua e cultura inglese e siti internet dedicati agli insegnanti in genere. Sono grata a chi vorrà collaborare a rendere la pagina più ricca di spunti. EFL websites or blogs and Inspirational websites on education:. Very interesting website suggested by a student: Khan Academy. Watch, practice, learn almost everything for free, in English! Awsome stories to use in the classroom. Agenzia Nazionale...
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Islay ICT: Day 1 PIL Global Forum
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To record and get feedback from the world regarding Islay High Schools move down the ICT route. Sunday, 4 December 2011. Day 1 PIL Global Forum. I woke early and got out the hotel to take some pictures. I am so glad I did. Having collaborated with others via Skydrive and OneNote and had several online presentations before hand I had some idea of the intensity and level of work expected, it was high, but when I looked at the first days agenda I did take a bit of a gulp. The Institute Kick-Off was:. This i...
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On the road with TouchDevelop | David Renton's educational blog
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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. On the road with TouchDevelop. I’ve just finished doing the end of term educational conferences with Lee Stott. Who is a Microsoft Evangelist and a genuine nice guy. I’ve been speaking and running workshops, on Microsoft’s new mobile development platform TouchDevelop. As well as speaking about Games Based Learning and the use of MineCraft in education. The first of these was Games Britannia. In betwee...
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