What have you achieved this year? Here’s a selection of the updates and changes to my teaching websites over the past 12 months.

Ideas to Inspire 2.0
Take a look at the new version of ‘Ideas to Inspire’ and find thousands of lesson ideas to use!

Ideas to Inspire – 1500 ideas!
Ideas to Inspire now has over 1500 ideas! The site shares different collaborative presentations and documents which have been created by teachers from all around the world. Some of the latest additions include: Ways to use QR codes in the classroom Ways to use Google Forms in the classroom Books to Engage Boys Ideas for [...]

Over 1000 Ideas to Inspire
Last February, I set up Ideas to Inspire after creating a collaborative presentation about Inspiring Writing in the classroom. Since then, the site has grown considerably with lots of new ideas and presentations being added regularly. Over the Christmas break, the site passed the 1000 ideas mark which is a fantastic achievement. There are almost [...]

New Ideas to Inspire!
My Ideas to Inspire site has received a number of updates recently… with the addition of a number of presentations which contain lots of new and exciting ideas to try in your classrooms. Some of these include: Using Memiary in the classroom – Memiary is a free online diary site which allows you (and your [...]
Youtube in the classroom
There are lots of amazing videos on Youtube, many of which are valuable resources for teachers to use in their classrooms. Over on Ideas to Inspire, we’ve started a presentation called ‘Inspiring Youtube Videos to use in the classroom’. Take a look and discover some amazing videos that have been suggested by other teachers. As I [...]
Kent ICT Conference ’09
Phew.. what a week! Over the past seven days, I’ve been busy with an Ofsted inspection at school, our summer fair, and a visit to (including a short presentation at) the Kent ICT conference 2009. The conference was a chance to learn new ideas from the many speakers and talk to suppliers of educational / [...]

Ideas to Inspire
Ideas to Inspire now has over 500 ideas! The site contains a large number of wonderful collaborative presentations, which have been updated by teachers from all around the world, using ideas that they’ve tried and tested in their own classrooms. Simply choose a presentation that you’re interested in and browse through the slides. Each slide [...]

Over 500 Ideas to Inspire!
Ideas to Inspire now has over 500 ideas! The site originally started as somewhere to host my ‘Ideas to Inspire Writing’ presentation. Since then, Tom Barrett, Doug Belshaw, Mark Clarkson, Joe Rowing, Tony Cassidy and Noel Jenkins have kindly allowed me to add their presentations to the site, which all receive hundreds of visitors each day. The site is expanding at [...]

Teaching Ideas Update – 21st February 2009
I’ve been on my half term break this week, so I’ve spent quite a bit of time adding lots of new contributions. There are a wide range of new resources to explore online. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share their ideas and resources on the site. Ideas to Inspire I’ve [...]






