Isle of Man

View from my hotel window, Isle of Man

Well, my trip around the world is almost over now and the Isle of Man has been a wonderful way to wrap things up. I’ve visited several schools on the island and they are all doing really creative things. What an exciting place! The 1:1 laptop program is very effective because of the great things that the kids do with their computers. They do lots of multi media presentations and other interesting things. I hadn’t seen some of the programs they use but we’ll certainly be getting them. Sketch Up allows you to easily convert 2D drawings into 3D models that can be viewed from any perspective and then used in iMovie. I Can Animate is another program that looks brilliant.


Dhoon Primary School

Our podcast was shown to the year 5 students at Dhoon Primary School and they are really interested in emailing and perhaps putting together a presentation that shows what life on the IOM is like. Wait ‘til you see the sorts of things they’ve been doing. Dhoon and the other island schools are outstanding and it’s been a great opportunity to visit them.

This afternoon I even met with the island’s Minister for Education. Pretty special!


John Thornley (ICT Coordinator), myself & Ann Crane (Minister for Education)

Now it’s back to London and finally on to Sydney, with a brief stopover in Singapore to catch up with the Newbery family. The last five weeks have flown but I can’t begin to explain how incredibly worthwhile they’ve been. The people I’ve met have been fantastic and the sharing of ideas has been nothing short of overwhelming.

We can expect great things to happen at Otford when I return. The real journey is only now about to begin!