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Displayotron3000 Pi Radio

Posted on November 9, 2014 by blogmywiki

IMPORTANT UPDATE JULY 2015: The BBC has changed the way it streams network radio – see here for details. And Fip has moved to http://audio.scdn.arkena.com/11016/fip-midfi128.mp3 In the summertime I built a Raspberry Pi radio that I could control via a … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Random Possessive Book Title Generator

Posted on July 30, 2014 by blogmywiki

Yes, there are random book title generators out there on the internet, but what I really wanted was one that would generate possessive book titles. You know the ones: Flaubert’s Parrot, Hemingway’s Chair, Milton’s Custard. (I may have made the … Continue reading →

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The Longest Year: School Direct or School, Die Wrecked?

Posted on July 25, 2014 by blogmywiki

It’s finally over. I survived a year as a School Direct (Salaried) trainee. I made it to the end, I qualified, and I have a job as a Newly-Qualified Teacher (NQT) next year. This is nothing short of a miracle, … Continue reading →

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Making MakeyMakey instruments in class

Posted on June 20, 2014 by blogmywiki

Having proved the concept with the Colanderphone (© Felix Glenn), today I taught a combined DT / music / ICT / science lesson in Year 5. In the first lesson, I introduced the MakeyMakey and got the children each to … Continue reading →

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The morning after the week before

Posted on May 26, 2014 by blogmywiki

A few bleary-eyed thoughts on the European elections… The Greens The Greens did astonishingly well in Lewisham, coming second. They got 10228 votes to Labour’s 32507. UKIP, however, actually did quite well on 8720 votes, beating the Conservatives into 4th … Continue reading →

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