Chalkface Blog
The best teaching materials in the most practical format.
Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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Getting your students to write blogs is becoming increasingly popular, and the most eloquent exponent of the form is undoubtedly Konrad Glogowski. I recently challenged Konrad to lay out his ‘utopian vision’ student blogging. Here’s part of his reply: I know that blogging is about conversations and building networks. So far, my students have been…
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If you’re not a Yaquapacista, stop reading now! None of this is going to make sense without a Yacapaca teacher login. Still here? OK, some folks have been requesting a ‘share logins’ feature over in the feature request discussion, which you are
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It’s great having free services where you can upload educational videos. So many possible uses. But… which is the best one? I tried three; here are the results: YouTube Google Video Veoh Online Videos by Veoh.com If you’ve actually watched them all, it is really no contest. My thanks to Aidan McCanny for turning me…
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Publishing a book the traditional way is a team effort. The Chalkface system involves an author, an editor, an illustrator, a proof-reader and a co-ordinator as a minimum. Each of these roles requires an entirely different skill-set, and excellence in each skill is predicated on having a particular personality. This is one reason that traditional…
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