JRR Tolkien

Few people in history have as profound an effect on me that Mr Tolkien. 
I first discovered LOTR in my teens, and have read the thing at least once a year since (that’s 25+ times.  Not bad for a 1000 page epic.)  In fact I limit myself to reading it once a year, or else I would read it continually, and never get anything else done.

 On Hobbits:
Being not overly tall myself, I can associate with Bilbo, Frodo and friends and the crazy things they get up to.  One gets a sense that the hobbit tends to feel under-sized, under-skilled and basically inadequate to achieve anything much in Middle-Earth.  As a person it is easy to feel this way sometimes.  Any one who says otherwise is selling something.  Other than this, a being who loves to eat, sing and laugh is definitely someone I can appreciate.
One other thing you can pull out of LOTR is that people need each other.  Frodo ‘wouldn’t have got far without his Sam,’ and relies on him to get him through the quest.  Life is like that.  We need each other to travel the journey with, for wisdom or just for friendship.

my precious

Moodle – silly name for a wonderful tool

12 months ago, our school introduced Moodle as our LMS.  What this program with the silly name achieved was a revolution on how those of us who are IT minded worked. 
As Moodle is web based, and therefore accessible outside of school, we effectively became a 24/7 classroom, where students are able to access resources for their studies anywhere, any time.
As we have broadened our knowledge of the tools Moodle uses, I have come to love it and wonder how I ever taught without it.

More on Moo soon…….

Getting started

Hi all,

My first post in my first real blog.
As an IT teacher, I figure that it is time to get online, start living what I am teaching and be a real contributor to the world of Web2.0 tools.

In future I hope to use this space to reflect on using technology as a teaching tool, how the world is managing tools like SNS and to liase a little with others doing the same thing.

Feel free to leave a comment and let me know you were here.

Mr S.