Haute Route 2022 Background to the Haute Route Journey I booked this tour for a combination of reasons. I have grand ambitions of climbing the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, as well as summiting many other European mountains. If I can do it on skis, then, very well. My ski touring experience is limited to a […]
It is time for the Top Form World Cup! A few years ago I gained this great idea to help pupils learn locations using gamification. The idea is pupils compete against each other in a football style game while answering questions on locations around the world. If they get the question right they move up
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Learn how to upload your Powerpoint File that you have created to Google Classroom. This is a guide for Students.
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Learn how to upload your Powerpoint File that you have created to Google Classroom. This is a guide for Students.
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Map Run – A Great App that enables Virtual Racing and Navigation In normal times I would be racing every week or two, however this year all races are cancelled. Many people such as John Kelly and Sabrina Verjee have been trying FKT’s over various routes, and I have been looking for new areas to
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Plantar Fascitis is a runners nightmare. It comes from almost know here and cripples your feet after and during exercise causing extreme pain. What are the symptoms? For me the base of one of my feet would have a sharp pain towards the central inner part of my heel. When running there was relatively little
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Adobe Spark is a great tool for creating quick and easy videos to help explain to students ideas and concepts quickly and clearly. Video clips can be short and sharp which help keep pupils engaged while allowing them to recover material if they need to. The videos can be made VERY quickly and look VERY
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I finally have a goal on the horizon as this week I signed up for the Virtual Lakeland 50. While this is a virtual race I have decided I am going to do the whole 50 in one day to make it a challenge, and something to train towards. On Saturday this week, I met with
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Parkrun which is a source of socialisation for many lycra-clad runners in the UK have this week released a new initiative where you can run a 5k (it’s not a race) route on your own and include the details on their website. This will prove popular because there are many parkrun enthusiasts who love everything
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Google Classroom has been the GoTo app for many educators in this lockdown period. Microsoft PowerPoint has been the GoTo program for educators for many years when delivering lessons to classrooms of pupils. Combining these two platforms is often a natural decision for educators to make. It may be easier to use Google Slides with
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