graham.pow

As part of the old Masterclass programme we have started staff training in Academy in both PowerPoint and Word.  We have about 13 signed up for each course.  I am onto week 4 in the word course and the staff are finally getting used to the text books which tend to be very step by step in fact almost baby step by baby step.  I think the staff are enjoying the opportunity to sit for 1.5 hours with nothing to concentrate on except their course.  How has everyone else who is doing Academy found it?

A couple of years ago CGS invested in a number of IWBs – at the time I was a bit sceptical about the value for money as I thought that most teachers would use them in a non-interactive way – 2 years on I still feel the same although a number of departments are using them very well to lecture from.  Last yeat due to the evangelical ranting by Ian Stuart in Islay we purchased a class pad as an alternative.  The class pad is now in the English department on trial to see if it does as good a job but at a fraction of the cost – watch this space for updates

My name is Graham Pow and I am Principal Teacher of Business Education at Campbeltown Grammar School.  I was a Masterclasser and I was also a tutor in the Learning Schools Programme all within Argyll and Bute.  I will try and report how ICT is being used within Campbeltown Grammar School.