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I checked out the Carronshore Blog so that I could link it to the last post on here. I noticed that a large percentage of the live traffic was linking to a post about computer use at home versus school.
I’ve noticed an interest in this post before. I’ve ‘copied and pasted’ on to here …
Yesterday was our first day in Primary 7 and we brainstormed on paper how we use computers at home and at school. We rated the programmes on a scale from 1 to 5. 1 meant we didn’t rate it very much, 5 meant it was great. Adam’s is shown below.
We all agreed that, in general, we enjoyed using our computers at home more than at school. We wrote statements to add more information.
Adam wrote, “The reason the computer at home is better than the computer at school is because nothing is blocked.”
Rhiann wrote, “The stuff we have to do at school on the computers is a bit boring so I think home is better.”
Nobody enjoyed using computers at school as much as they did at home ……… oh dear! I wonder how we can change that!
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Posted by: mvass in Welcome
This pic was found in the pics4learning website.
I’ve really been neglecting this ‘learning journey’ blog … so apologies to anyone who’s been listening to the silence 
A previous reflective post taught me a lesson that, although the schools-online
staff and pupil areas can be linked to from a blog post, menu items cannot!
So what have I learned since then …….. ?
I’ve learned that there are some great blogs being set up in Falkirk – check out Miss Keane’s new Drama Blog by clicking HERE. If you have the time, please leave a comment
And Miss Law is doing a superb job keeping the Carronshore blog active!
I’ve also been reading about some great new Google Earth developments. I had great fun tonight playing around in the Demo Gallery.
Reading the good news about John J’s new post (well deserved, john!) reminded me that I’d already set up an account at vimeo …. and I checked today and it’s not blocked at work
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This picture of Loch Achray taken yesterday by J. Vass on our way to Ben A’An (great way to spend the Falkirk September long weekend!) seemed an appropriate image for this ‘reflective’ post
Recently I’ve been busy visiting some ICT co-ordinators to help them set up their school websites. I’ve also been very busy getting to grips with the Schools-online web application used by most Falkirk schools.
Getting to know this application has also made updating the Falkirk VTC website and the linked Staff Area easier and I’ve already made some changes.
Blogging with Classes presentations have been added (using google docs saved me a lot of work – I just made some necessary changes to a few slides from a previous presentation and the update was immediate). The link to some Great Free Online Tools is now ‘live’ and I’ve even mentioned a few Falkirk Class Blogs!
This afternoon was the first of the Probationers ‘taster sessions’ to let them know what’s available to help them use ICT to improve Learning and Teaching …. tomorrow is the first of the ICT co-ordinator meetings. Just this week alone there are 2 Probationer meetings and 3 ICT co-ordinator meetings. I’m also signed up for a 2 day course at Stirling Management Centre - I need to learn to juggle more plates
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August 22nd, 2007 at 1:52 pm The reason that I like my home computer is that i do not have to log on and none of the games are blocked
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm Thanks for your comment Monica! Logging on is a bit of a nuisance!I wonder what others in the class think?