Author Archives: Raymond David James Chambers

About Raymond David James Chambers

I am the Lead teacher of computing at Brooke Weston Academy in Corby Northamptonshire. Previously I was the head of IT/Computing at Uppingham Community College. In 2015 I won the Gold National Teaching award for Innovative use of technology. I also won the 2015 Young Game Bafta - Mentor award. I'm keen to help students achieve their best and like to give them opportunities to do this. I have a passion for teaching and I enjoy meeting other people and sharing their ideas. I have a keen interest in games development as well as developing the use of ICT in classrooms across the curriculum. In my spare time I teach Irish dancing. I have been Irish dancing since I was 11. My highest position was 14th at the world championships 3 years running and 2nd at the Great Britain Championships in 2006.

Tom Bennett – Running the room (Chapter 2)

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Raymond David James Chambers

Chapter 2 – Good and Bad Models. I’m still reading running the room by Tom Bennett and one of the chapters that I’ve been working through this week discussed the use of Good and Bad Models. Bennett discusses different methods … Continue reading →

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Tom Bennett – Running The Room

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Raymond David James Chambers

Running The Room – Tom Bennett – Chapter 1 As part of ongoing CPD in my school we’ve recently been given a copy of the book ‘Running the room’ by Author Tom Bennet. I’ve given myself a challenge of reading … Continue reading →

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Technology in the classroom & Chrome Books

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Raymond David James Chambers

Something that I’ve always liked about the use of Technology, is the impact that it can have on students. There are a multitude of ways that you can use a tool to help aid a students progress of students. I … Continue reading →

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Grade Cam – Multiple Choice

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Raymond David James Chambers

Quite often we forget that when we question our students, we can actually get a lot of value and a lot of discussion points from multiple choice questions. Using multiple choice questions can actually support your students learning in many … Continue reading →

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Micro:bit and Small Basic – How to!

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Raymond David James Chambers

So…. You want to do a lot more with your Micro:bit? So recently, I’ve found myself playing around with my Micro:bit a lot more. I’ve thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great if I could combine two different programming languages. … Continue reading →

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E-Safety Week – Safety Resources

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Raymond David James Chambers

No Budget? No Problem? As with our new Ofsted frameworks and endless logs of data that we have to include. I know that it’s not always easy for schools to make sure that they have logs of particular incidents. In … Continue reading →

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Computing Podcasts–Year 11–2017 Exam

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Raymond David James Chambers

Now that it’s exam season, all teachers are thinking about ways in which they can help their students achieve their potential. Over the bank holiday weekend, I decided to go through old mark schemes and look at explanations for particular … Continue reading →

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Teaching Stress–How do we cope?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Raymond David James Chambers

I have always loved teaching and I will say that there isn’t a better profession to get into. It has great holidays, you build relationships with students that will last a life time and you learn something different every day. … Continue reading →

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VTA Summit Day 1

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Raymond David James Chambers

Due to making the top 10 of the Global Teacher Prize, I was invited to attend the Varkey Teacher Amabassadors Leadership Summit. It was hosted at the GEMS National Academy in Dubai. We started off our day with a warm … Continue reading →

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Tech Tips for NQT’s

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Raymond David James Chambers

Recently I was fortunate enough to deliver an NQT training session at my school. I was honoured to be able to share with so many enthused teachers. We had a good catch up about challenges we face with technology and … Continue reading →

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