One of great things about teaching is that each year the page resets itself. Children come back from their summer holidays that little bit different. A little taller, new experiences, maybe with a tan, a little more street-wise, complaining their wrists hurt because their writing practice has fallen by the…
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I was at the Northern Lights TSA & Teach 3 Conference yesterday in Bradford. It was a great day and thank you to @RosinaNoor for organising. Among others sharing such as Andy Day, Lisa-Jane Ashes and John Tomsett, we were among great company with others from across the TSA joining us too.…
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I've been a big fan of Greg Kulowiec's idea of App Smashing for some time. This is why when I was asked to run some sessions at a conference in Istanbul recently I chose to run a 3 hour session on App Smashing. To support the session I created an iTunes U…
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Friday 17 April 2015 saw the UK Blog Awards take place in Marble Arch, London. It was a plush affair from all accounts. I wasn't able to make it as I was working in Istanbul at the #EdtechIST conference. The process to making it through to the finals was quite…
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One of the staples of my mobile photo-editing Apps for a very long time has been Google's 'Snapseed'. Original Snapseed icon It has always had some really impressive features all in the one App. From tune-up options such as cropping and image adjustments for contrast, brightness etc. through to…
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I was reminded last week on the power of Twitter which brought together 250 education professionals to London for #TMLondon. Selfies, trending, hashtag, learning and sharing all took place and not only were there 250 teachers there, there were more than 200 viewing online at the same time too. It…
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I'm very excited to be speaking at #EdtechIST running some expert and inspiration sessions. The event running over the weekend of 18-19 April features a large number of different international expert speakers talking and sharing about the great use of education technology in education. My expert session will focus on…
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TeachMeet London was a superb night. When I was asked to be involved, I was very happy to do so. Having organised a fair few and supported many others, I knew I'd be able to help out and hopefully add some value. The record of the night is immense. It…
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