MAODE Blog Moving…

Recently, I have been applying for teaching jobs, and realise that providing a link to my ePortfolio blog on my CV would be a great idea…an idea inspired by Miss Farah’s blog, which is an amazing collection of photos of work she does in her class here in Kuwait:   But… I am haunted by…

The Secret Diary

It sounds daft, but I have a category for Secret Diary.  It is so private, that even I can’t see it! So I am making a public post in my secret diary to see if I can make the category visible!!  It’s where I now put my blog posts that might offend someone.  It took…

Blogging – Why Bother?

OK.  So Marc asks me, why do I need to blog?  What’s the point? When I was a kid, from a town which used to get very excited about Christmas, I would start keeping a diary every year.  Even if there wasn’t a diary in my pile of presents, I’d buy one in the New…

Me!! Me!! Me!!

I have a B Ed (hons) English & Technology from University of Chester; and I have a TEFL Diploma from Bridge Online. I have been teaching mainstream primary for 12 years (with a few years out in between); and have been lucky enough to teach all year groups from KG up to Year 6 full-time. …

Combining Blogs

I find wordpress so useful, that I have decided to start using it for my personal blogging as well.  Previously I was doing personal stuff on Sparkpeople, but their blogging tool doesn’t allow for categories or scrolling between pages, or even for archiving by dates!  So I have laboriously spent an hour (when I should…

What’s in my OU Blog…

Note: All my teaching and MA work has been transferred to: http://www.kidzatsea.wordpress.com   This page is a continuation of my OU blog for my MA.  For previous academic posts, visit: Kate’s OU Blog.  My academic posts fall into two categories (see right); Reflections and Accessibility Tools: Reflections is my homework page, if you like.  In…