
Richard Capon
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The novel that changed your life.
Richard Capon replied to John Simkin's topic in English:Curriculum Issues
Not being an English teacher and not having been a great reader as a child I have tended to stay clear of the'greats' of fiction. The first book that really had a significant impact on me was 'The Shetland Bus'. The author escapes me, but this wartime story really entralled me as a 16 year old and I youth hostelled up to Shetland the following summer to see where everything happened. The second book that had a major impact was The Birth of New Eve by Angela Carter. It is the only book I have ever read twice. It shocked me rigid the first time I read it. As a teenager I read Angela Carter a -
I regret to being a little off topic but Web Radio is far too good to waste on education! I listen to my taste in somewhat esoteric music from all over the World. I read newspapers from all over the World to gauge other people's opinions. I watch a little TV from other countries to broaden my mind. I enjoy the culture of other nations as far as I can through web radio with language problems involved. It is a brilliant resource for me. I guard the knowledge of it jealously from my pupils. It is far too good for them. You will be encouraging students to use short wave radio next! Ri
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Interactive Whiteboards are a good replacement for chalkboard. That is inevitable as the chalkboards are wearing out and need replacement with a modern product; but there is much to be said for the computer and projector; particularly with science where the projection of datalogging, object viewer or microscope viewing is as important as the possibility of 'writing' on the screen. I am not keen on the present configuration of IWBs with the shadow and height problems; but expect that the new generations of boards will occupy a whole wall, be less than a centimetre thick, also roll up like a pr
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I am Richard Capon. I have taught Science (originally Biology, but later Physical Sciences as well), Social Sciences, Ancient History, Maths and Astronomy for over 30 years; originally in Bedfordshire, Herts and Northants until settling in Essex. I am about to move over the border to Suffolk where I will be ICT co-ordinator at a Middle School. I have taught children from 5 to 19 years, and adults into their 90s. For the last few years I have combined some Maths teaching with lots of Adult Education and NOF Training in ICT; but also technical support for schools using Target Tracker. I am a
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I have only just started 'playing' with Open Office but am moving to a Middle school where the budget allows one only to stand still - as mentioned by other correspondents. We still have a quarter of the machines running Windows 95 and Office 95. The rest are on Windows 98. We have even had to downgrade 3 Tesco machines to 98 and they came with XP and so did not fit in with the scheme of things. I hope to switch over gradually to Open Office by running both systems at the same time but allowing Microsoft Office to wither on the vine - as it were. Most of the WP work is done by default on Pub
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I will be going with other Suffolk ICT Co-ordinators on Thursday. If there is too much to see, then I may go back on Saturday. Richard