If you teach Computing or STEM with iPad, you probably need an Everything...
The iPad is one hell of a device. I’m not the first person to say it or think it but there you have it. It really is. Yes, competitors and Android fans will tell you that their devices have done it for...
View ArticleDeveloping Computing in a Primary values based school
I was delighted to spend two days at the successful values based, Ledbury Primary School this week. My work there covered a number of areas including a digital parenting session for parents after...
View ArticleLearning with loops
I loved catching up with the brilliant Steve Bunce at the Apple RTC Winter Conference last week at the Belfry. In his simply fab presentation about coding, he spent some time looking at a variety of...
View ArticleA game-changer for makers and coders at home
I’ve been a big fan of the award-winning Hopscotch app for some time. It first came to light a few years ago and has been a firm favourite since that happened. Great for helping to teach code to young...
View ArticleIs IT worth it?
There’s no getting away from it, technology in education can be an expensive business and there are plenty of companies out there ready to get their snake oil out there to make a fast buck from...
View ArticleOracy in the curriculum and how technology can help
There’s no getting away from it, oracy is an essential skill. It is something that can be taught and there’s a pretty firm evidence base for it given the research quoted in this paper. Add to this the...
View ArticleWhen were you last inspired and how do you achieve this in your classroom?
We all need inspiration. Sometimes it’s the pay packet at the end of the month which motivates us, sometimes it’s job satisfaction, sometimes it’s a tweet we’ve seen or a blog post or book we’ve read....
View ArticleWhat a good one looks like #edtech50
I’ll pre-empt this post by saying, every school that I visit is special. I am very fortunate to have the job I have. Last week was one of the most amazing weeks of my career when I got to travel across...
View ArticleTools to help create dual coding influenced resources
As many will know, Dual Coding is definitely in vogue right now. I’m not going to sit here and echo chamber the great work being done by many – you can find out lots more about dual coding on the...
View ArticleAdobe bring project sharing and collaboration to their popular Spark suite
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the Adobe Spark suite of tools I’ve written about them and shared ways in which they can be used to support teaching and learning many times. Apart from it being...
View ArticleAppVent Calendar Day Five – NetSupport School
Welcome to this, the fifth day on the #Appvent calendar. Today’s entry is none other than NetSupport School! NetSupport School, for me, is the perfect teacher companion if you’re in a school where...
View ArticleAppVent Calendar Day Six – OneNote Web Clipper
Welcome to this, the sixth day on the #Appvent calendar. Today’s entry is none other the OneNote Web Clipper! Technology often works best when it is tools that support your day to day activities and...
View ArticleAppVent Calendar Day Twenty-Two – Own It!
Good morning and welcome to Day Twenty Two of the AppVent Calendar! Today’s app, I think, is very timely as many parents look to satisfy their children’s craving for more technology at Christmas. I...
View ArticleTop five things to ask #edtech vendors at #BETT2020
With Bett upon us, it’s a great time to be thinking about what next for education technology. As you would expect, there has been a plethora of different articles and posts highlighting the best way to...
View ArticleLearning in Quarantine – Part Two
With School Closed… Part Two This post was originally posted on the 15/03/2020 on the Independent Thinking blog here. Following on from the previous blog I put out with Independent Thinking last week –...
View Article#AppventCalendar Day Four – @AdobeSpark Page, by @eLearnMissKelly
Welcome to Day Four of the Appvent Calendar 2020! It’s been fantastic to open our apps so far, and today I am bringing you Adobe Spark Page as my offering for the festive season. As an English teacher,...
View Article#AppventCalendar Day Thirteen – OBS Studio by @RonanMcNicholl @global_edtech
Welcome to Day Thirteen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! As has been a consistent theme on the calendar with tools that have been super helpful during the last twelve months, today’s offering behind door...
View Article#Appvent Calendar Day Eighteen – Swift Playgrounds from @lcoffeeprincel
Welcome to Day Eighteen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Swift Playgrounds is one of the best applications for teaching coding. This month the global community once again celebrated the importance of...
View ArticleWelcome, as we open the final day on the 2020 #AppventCalendar and we find...
Welcome to day 24, the final day of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! What a fantastic selection of great apps we’ve had across the 24 days this year. Alongside my entries and guest entries, this year I’ve...
View ArticleBook Review: So, you want to learn how to code?
Teaching coding isn’t easy, I know, I did it for many years. It was particularly difficult for me because, like many teachers of ICT and Computing, it wasn’t my specialist subject. Sure, I had some...
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