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Feb 17, 2010 20:09

New job new Moodle busy busy

So it is that I have started my new job at Tauranga Boys’ College. I am now a teacher of Year Nine and Ten Social Studies, covering New Zealand history at the moment and Year 11 Geography and History. One of my year Ten classes is a laptop class, 29 [...]
Aug 10, 2009 20:48

Wiimotes and Plasma Screens

It may not be pretty but this is the modified TEK irpen that we have used for making a plasma screen interactive. The reasoning behind this came from having to put a wiimote in a year one classroom and the projector giving an image that kids would be too short [...]
Aug 6, 2009 22:41

Theming Moodle

Now despite Kelvin telling me that I am not allowed to change things anymore I am a firm believer in innovate or die and if I don’t continually play with Moodle it bores me and the kids so I figured why not have a bit of a play around with [...]
Downtime, A Valuable Lesson

For the past week Tek has been down. We found out on Monday Night 8th June that our site had been hacked. While this immediately had me feeling rather angry I wish that rather than wasting my time I had just moved forward what we had intended, which was to [...]

Moodle

Feb 17 20:09

New job new Moodle busy busy

TBC Moodle So it is that I have started my new job at Tauranga Boys’ College. I am now...
Sep 1 22:06

The business end of the year

So we come to the time of the year where assessments are due and option choices must be made...
Aug 6 22:41

Theming Moodle

Now despite Kelvin telling me that I am not allowed to change things anymore I am a firm believer...

Howto

SchoolMore in School

Sydney Field Trip

so it was that on the first day of the school holidays we took a history field trip to Sydney.. Flying out of Rotorua was a bonus as it meant...

HardwareMore in Hardware

Using ActivExpression

I’ve been using the ActivExpression for the past month and my classes have really enjoyed using them. The feedback from my students has...

Recent Posts

Five posts in a year?

Dec 18, 2011 9:42

It is without a doubt that blogging has made way for twitter and Facebook. Short status updates and quick connections are...
New Digitool Site Launched

So we have shifted Digitool away from rapidweaver and on to wordpress. Partially to show the flexibility of this service...
Sydney Trip Day Two

Aug 1, 2011 21:07

Day two of our trip to Sydney began with a quick breakfast and then a trip to the Powerhouse MuseumI found a real highlight...
Sydney Field Trip

so it was that on the first day of the school holidays we took a history field trip to Sydney.. Flying out of Rotorua was...
Using ActivExpression

I’ve been using the ActivExpression for the past month and my classes have really enjoyed using them. The feedback...
MRBS – Meeting Room Booking system

May 3, 2011 21:36

This term we have started using MRBS for our bookings with some customisation this non standard moodle block has allowed...
Sparrow – Gmail on the Mac

I’ve taken to using Sparrow lately and I really like the minimal interface that still has all the features I need....
Google Search with Updates

Often when something is going wrong or there is breaking news traditional sources can be a bit slow. Now Google Realtime...
New Geography Standard for 2011 may kick off the use of GIS, finally

Geography 1.8 Apply spatial analysis, with direction, to solve a geographic problem For next year we are looking at adopting...
Google Sites Back Up

Backing up a google site is reasonably easy within a domain. When you would like to have it backed up you can then use the...