Introduction

By Geoff Taylor -

Hello St Clare's, Oxford staff!

This is a blog - a web log or web diary - for teachers and other staff at the Bardwell Road Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, to share teaching ideas, weblinks and other resources. Any and all of us can publish entries on it, at any time.

If you have an idea or cool weblink for your colleagues, this could be a good way to share. It's all done in the web browser, so you don't need special software, and you can use a Windows PC or a Mac.

Blogs are organised chronologically, with the latest entry appearing at the top of the page. Entries for each month are archived, typically by the month and year, so it should be easy to find information in earlier entries.

You can easily join the blog team for this blog, the Bardwell Road Centre and add your own posts, sharing your ideas and findings. Send Geoff an email at gjtaylor99@yahoo.co.uk.

Best wishes

Geoff Taylor

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