My teaching practice has changed so much over the past decade. In 2003, I was teaching Art & Design in a poorly equipped state school in Scotland. We never had any access to computers! No screen time at all! […]

Here is my  – CoETaIL 4 final project -Self-Portrait iPad Drawing Lesson Plan in UbD format.

This was an interesting way to embed technology into an existing lesson plan. I don’t […]

I teach three classes – High School Photography, Intro to Art and Middle School P.E. I described one of my uses of technology in Photography in my previous blog.

In my High School Intro to Art class, I use […]

I was impressed by the breadth and depth of this pedagogy during a recent CoETaIL presentation. I saw many similarities between it and the teaching style I use most often. Like most effective teachers, I can […]

Here is my rather ambitious infographic ( it’s really 13 infographics in 1 !) - John Oliver infographic Analysing an Artwork CoETaIL 3 pdf version. It should be a valuable teaching resource for introducing my Art […]

Here is my John Oliver Zen PPT_Student_Cyber_Safety_ presentation CoETaIL 3 pdf.This is a major re-working of a PPT from CoETaIL 2. My speaker notes are not visible as they seem to get lost in the conversion […]

Here is my Digital Story – John Oliver_Digital Storytelling_Chandrashilla Trek2012_ CoETaIL 3_web version.

All images and words by John Oliver.

This was a wonderful project to work on and I can see my […]

Here is my Pecha Kucha presentation….How to Shoot and Edit Digital Photographs

I have posted the version with speaker notes to give a better idea of the whole presentation.

This was created with all my […]

Visual literacy is the name of my game, after all, I teach High School Visual Arts!

This put extra pressure on me to do my very best work for this course. I figured everyone would judge me as a […]

In A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink  proposes that, in the near future, many  jobs will be dominated by empathy and collaborative creative skills. Outsourcing will continue to re-distribute jobs around the globe […]

It is the job of job parents and teachers to teach cyber safety skills to children.

Without these skills, Cyberland is a risky place with some dangerous people hiding behind false identities lurking in the […]

I’ve always been a very private person. We live in a volatile world where even our nationality can make us targets. My vigilance in the real-world extends to my behavior online. Information can be powerful and […]

  Despite having size 12 shoes, I seem to have the digital footprint of an ant! As an international educator, I need to learn to  manage my online presence. Google Search checks on my name have always revealed […]

My students need to understand the dangers of “copy & paste “. Plagiarism is a vice which can seem like an easy route to good grades, but I’m quick to explain the consequences to them. It’s our job as teachers to […]

Copyright is often an issue in my Art, Design and Photography classes. As a teacher, I encourage students to create original images; but at the same time, I encourage them to learn from established artists […]