I've been a fan of Pobble for a long time now. I'm very much of the mindset that asking pupils to create meaningful writing that will be shared is a great way to engage young people in authentic and engaging writing. There are few things that given young people such…
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So first things first. Whilst I realise the actual embarrassment that I have never actually written a specific blog post about Kahoot I've included it many times. It is fair to say that over the years I've shared it with tens of thousands of educators as a great tool for…
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What is a hashtag? Hashtags for the uninitiated are those words you see sometimes with the # symbol in front of them. Many of my UK readers will have seen the #GE2017 hashtag these past few weeks on Twitter. Most people tweeting or posting on Instagram and other social media about…
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Unio by Harness® is a web based system which facilitates lots of different learning activities in your classroom. I love the fact that because it’s web based it is device agnostic too. You can share interactive online whiteboards and as teacher you can see all pupil’s screens in real-time and…
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I'm a great believer in taking lots of small steps to make a bigger gain. Incremental improvements that you get better and better at through deliberate practice is one of those things that make us better teachers in the classroom. Often when it comes to technology, one of the biggest…
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Earlier today I was paid a compliment by Amjad Ali who runs the 'trythisteaching' website. He said to both Abdul Chohan and I that he would love the opportunity to work with us both: https://twitter.com/ASTsupportAAli/status/859331922400608256 Whilst it's always nice to receive a compliment like this, one thing was particularly stark in…
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Ok, so I'm not really talking about App Top Trumps, although thank you to Joe Baldwin for sending me an actual Apps Top Trumps game following some work at his college. His lovely gift contained classics such as Angry Birds, Crossy Road, etc. It got me thinking about something a…
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I've long been a fan of using augmented reality and virtual reality too. So much so I wrote a book about it (free on iBooks Store here and whilst a bit old now, it's still quite helpful, I feel). Things have moved on a gear since that book and I'm seriously…
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As promised, here is another of my presentations from #BETT2017. This time I was looking at tools that you can use on your iPad or other iOS device to make your life as a teacher easier... much easier. Focusing primarily on free tools from Apple, the keynote involved me discussing and…
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As posted the other day when I shared my 'Making IT work with iPad' post, I am currently working through sharing my different presentations from #BETT2017. This post will contain my presentation that looked at different tools you can use on your iPad to support AFL in the classroom. One…
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