We started out quite late from Santo Domingo De Le Calzada but still managed to walk over 30km to Villambista. We stayed in a tiny Albergue in a dormitory with…
Author: Madeleine Brookes
After two really long days of walking we are now in Sto. Domingo de la Calzada. I think it’s between 560 and 550 km to Santiago de Compostela. We have…
We’ve arrived in Viana, Navarra – OK, I have no idea where that is but we are almost in the Rioja region which means more great wine. We are in…
We’ve done about 27km today and it has been a stunning walk with beautiful views and lovely old villages. The routine seems to be established. We get up at about…
We’ve now completed our fourth day and finally finding our feet (pun intended). Last night we stayed at a ‘refuges’ in Cizur Menor having completed just under 21km – so…
Day one: St. Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncevaux 27.1 km with a climb from just over 200m to just over 1400m. It doesn’t matter how much you think you are prepared, to…
We are off today to walk the Camino. More coming soon. Just getting all my equipment up and running including installing this WordPress App in my iPhone. I’m also taking…
The WAB team (comprising newbie Jeri Hurd, alumni Ray Gentleman and me) has just got back from the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Institute in Bali. The Institute welcomed over 230…
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We have now successfully secured funding to go ahead with iPad trials starting in January 2013. Our overarching aim is ‘to evaluate the iPad as an effective learning tool in…
We are beginning to organize a number of short trials in our High School here at the Western Academy of Beijing looking at how iPads could/should/may be used as a…
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