Sunday 31 May 2015

Where have I been? Good question.

Hello lovely people!
I may have disappeared somewhat for the past five-ish months but I have returned humbly to my blog. Things got busier, crazier, stressfuller (technical term), and now are beginning to settle.

I have much to tell you.

1. I want you back. Want you back. Want you back for good!
So that is the question, I am back but am I back for good? Well, truth be told, I very much hope so! I feel like I get so busy in the academic year that around this time, is where I recalibrate and make a blogging return. I guess it's the hum of the summer that entices me!

2. I am just under 2 weeks-ish (technical term) from finishing my teacher training!
Yes, I am indeed and will indeed be graduating again this year with a Post Graduate Certificate of Education which in basic terms, I am a teacher. Even more excitingly, I have landed my self a permanent post as an actual full-time teacher! I am a teacher. Now that's something that still hasn't fully dawned onto me yet.

3. I am three episodes in!
Remember I said, or may have said, that I enjoy screenwriting? Well, nearly a year later from starting to write my very own TV series, I am two episodes in. Well finished two, now onto three - which, even I at times question, "It's taken you a whole year just to write only TWO EPISODES?!". And the answer is, "Sure has buttercup!". It's something still very new to me hence my slow but steady pace. Plus, I do like to let my ideas to simmer for a bit before putting pen to paper or rather fingertips to keyboard as it were.

4. Back to YouTube?
I sure hope so! I hope to make a come back on the YouTube-sphere on my own channel Skeena Keep Smiling, where currently two videos sit. All shall be revealed in due course (i.e.) in about a week or two. However, speaking of YouTube, myself along with some friends and colleagues have started another YouTube channel called Crash Bang Computing where we have already and will continue to create and upload videos about Computing in School. So videos about technological tools in the classroom, the Computing curriculum, lesson ideas and tips. Do check it out if it's your jam!
Anywhoozles, we shall converse again soon!

Arrivederci!

Keep smiling xxx

Sunday 24 May 2015

Throwing an Emoji Cushion around a Classroom!

At the end of my teacher training, I started up and run a new YouTube channel with other Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) dedicated to sharing computing subject knowledge, lesson resources and teaching tips.

Here's my first solo appearance on the channel explaining a fun way to question pupils in the classroom concerning an Emoji cushion and the act of throwing it around the classroom!

Check out our other videos on the YouTube channel: Crash Bang Computing
or follow our progress on Twitter: @CrashBComputing and Facebook: CrashBangComputing