About me
BSc(Hons) Environmental Studies and Social Biology, PGCE Primary Education, Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technologists (CMALT)
I have worked as a primary school teacher for twenty two years across both key stage one and two. During this time I have worked as a coordinator for ICT, mathematics, music and assessment. My work as a phase leader included working as a strategic level as well as leading a teaching team within school. I have been recognised as a Leading Teacher for Intervention and worked as part of the local authorities steering group for Able, Gifted and Talented and being awarded York Community Pride Teacher of the Year in 2009.
I was seconded to York St John University in 2011, completing a year before gaining a permanent position on the teaching staff. I completed my Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in 2012 with a focus on developing good practice using PowerPoint – which has subsequently been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
My work within Initial Teacher Education focuses mainly at an undergraduate level teaching mathematics, science and computing. I work as an academic tutor supporting students throughout their three years of studying. I have an active interest in the use of technology to support teaching and learning in higher education and have publish weekly blogs and YouTube videos. I also have an active presence on Twitter (@iwilsonysj). I have achieved my CMALT award (Certified Member of the Association of Learning Technologists) and have gained Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. I have also completed the Supporting Learning with Technology course and gained level 2 in British Sign Language. What you might have missed...
Cultured Chat – Episode 103
Me and my Virtual Me.
Starting the adventure
Research
- Chapter in: Hopkins, D, (2017) Emergency Rations – what’s so important we can’t leave it at home?
- Positive PowerPoint – developing good practice through practitioner research (TEAN Journal)
- iPads in Higher Education Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Use of iPads in Higher Education (ihe2014)
- Physical Mathematics (UK Ed chat magazine)
What’s been up?
What’s up? the opposite of down? Phew, I have made it back! Where have I been? Well actually nowhere but my website has been going through some teething problems so I thought I would encourage you all back, in case you had visited the site and noticed that it was…
Do I practice what I preach?
Need more time Yes, I know I haven’t blog here for a while. It is not that I don’t have the content to write about, my draft section is full of things. It is just that I am trying to make this blog part of my work commitment rather than…
Advice for lectures.
A starter for ten… You have probably all experienced a lecture by now and if you haven’t then you soon will do! Lectures are mainly there to provide the same input/message to everyone at the same time in order to ensure that consistency is achieved. These lectures are often followed…
Learning at university.
In the beginning As you leave further education and head off into higher education there are a number of things which change. One of these is the way you are encouraged to engage with learning at university and how you are taught. Although there are still learning outcomes and learning…
My various encounters with Live Streaming.
I once wrote a waffle saying I had a confession to share to all my readers. I’m not sure what people thought the content was going to refer to but either the tagline or the actual title – “Personal Waffle – confession time!” meant that I got the highest number…