In The (Learning) Zone

I’ve been doing some more work on MoreThanMaths.com over the last couple of days. It was high time that I added some content to the Learning Zone. In the process of doing this I learned something. How appropriate.

Anyway, having spent a bit of time grappling with the wonders of combing Flash and WordPress, [...]

Homer’s first quote

I still seem to be unpacking school stuff. I moved schools last September, so yes, this is a sign that I have way too much stuff. Operation Own Less Stuff has been going on for a while now, the end is not yet in sight.

Anyway, I just unearthed Homer Simpson. Sky TV sent [...]

Mouse Mischief – technical difficulties

A class full of children looking excited at the appearance of mice (so far so good), then a problem: the PowerPoint that had worked perfectly the last time I used it simply didn’t run with multiple mice. The slides loaded, but no dialog box offering a multiple mouse set up.

Result: a class full [...]

Mouse Mischief: For A Few Mice More

My move to my new school brought a temporary interruption to my Mouse Mischief experiment, but I’m up and running again. It has been by far the most popular tool I’ve used this year. (Last year it came second only to lessons using iPod Touches, but we don’t have any of those at my [...]

Making Mischief

My students and I been trying out Mouse Mischief in our lessons over the last couple of weeks. It’s great – I never knew PowerPoint could be so much fun!

First things first: what is Mouse Mischief? It’s a free add in for PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 which allows you to connect multiple mice [...]

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