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IMG_2055, originally uploaded by José Picardo.

Having spent all day in London animating, I leapt onto a train to Birmingham, then home where I picked up my car and drove rapidly (but within the speed limit!) to the NCSL in Nottingham for TeachMeetMidlands09.

I'd been looking forward to this for ages and it was unfortunate that I arrived too late to hear the presentations by likes of Dan Needlestone (@nstone) and Ian Usher (@iusher).

I did catch lots of great presentations though and you too can see them by going to the Flashmeeting replay. You can also see my presentation about what's been going on at my school, showing examples of the sorts of things I've been using with pupils - Voki, Voicethread, Twitter, Slideshare - all saved on our new wiki.

And I had a lovely time chatting to friends old and new, having my Macbook customised with green Post-its and glacier mints, and leading the way in making the most of the provisions ;o)

Looking forward to the next TeachMeet I can attend - I've heard talk of TeachMeetGran Canaria......

Posted by lisibo at 20:25 0 comments    

Labels: presentations, Teachmeet, tmm09, wikispaces

This weekend really is turning into 'catch-up' time as I blog things that I really should have mentioned over the last few weeks when they were 'hot off the press' but didn't due to time etc etc!

Talkabout Primary MFL, as I've told you before, is a Ning network started by Jo Rhys-Jones as 'an interactive network for those teaching (or considering teaching) foreign languages in Primary school; a place to share your worries/successes with supportive colleagues.'
When I joined in June last year, there were 10 members - now there are 203 and counting! I'm so pleased that word is out that it's the place to be for ideas, support and discussion. I certainly make sure that I tell everyone about it when I speak - in fact, joining Talkabout is one of my Top Tips!

Well, now Talkabout has gained a Wikispace! A wikispace is like a word processing document to which lots of people can contribute and share. There are so many people contributing great ideas, writing blog posts, sharing resources and experience, offering advice and support, that things could easily be missed. As Jo explains in her post that announces the arrival of the wikispace,

I'm hoping it will help organise the blog posts as this network grows bigger, and although documents can be uploaded directly, just adding a hyperlink saves space. I am also hoping that any members, particularly those who are members of groups, might like to add/edit their own group pages, simply by 'joining' the space. You do NOT have to join the wiki to view it - so to see what I'm trying to describe, click the link below. I've only just started adding things - so the more people who volunteer to 'join' and add things themselves, the jollier! This space is for YOU to use.

Posted by lisibo at 21:41 0 comments    

Labels: Jo Rhys-Jones, ning, resources, TalkaboutPrimaryMFL, wikispaces