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. Sometimes it's a colleague or a lesson of theirs that you've seen. All of…
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The recent periodic table of iOS apps for AR & VR I created alongside Steve Bambury has been very popular. One of the apps that feature on the table in the 'Story Telling' section is a free app called Figment AR which is free and suitable for ages from 4+ according…
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A while ago I created a Padlet to curate some ideas for using Microsoft's tools in the classroom. The Padlet has had some great engagement and there is a load of ideas shared on there. It really has been brilliant to see all of these coming in onto the wall.…
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BETT week can be really quite gruelling, even on a day visit. I've been attending for many years and have the scars to prove it. Here are my 6 rules of BETT to help you at the show. One – Wear comfy clothes and shoes You will literally walk miles.…
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Whilst there are some awesome apps and websites to support generic teaching and learning activities across the curriculum and age bands, there are also lots of brilliant subject-specific apps for you to use in the classroom too. Remember that whilst some of these tools really do have 'cool factor' running…
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The launch of iOS 11 has brought about the advent of some great new features to your iPad. It also marked the end of 32-bit apps being allowed to run on iOS. All apps on iOS now run on 64-bit and so if you've noticed that one of your beloved…
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I love Google Chrome. The extensions you can add to your Chrome browser are fab. Sure there are things you can do with Safari, Edge, Firefox... but nothing comes close really to the powerful Chrome browser. One of my new (to me) favourite extensions for Chrome has to be the…
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There is every chance that in your inset this year you'll have spent some time looking at how you can develop your practice with technology. You might have even been given a new shiny (or more usually not) iPad to use in your work. If you're new to iPad (or…
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I'm looking forward to the #threequestionsEDU series of posts. I always enjoy reading the writing of others and I hope you find the responses interesting. Please respond in the comments and share what you think. If you'd like to respond to the questions, please read this post first. Kicking off…
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Now I know there are more than five and I rate lots of different tools that I haven't mentioned here such as ClassKick, Quizalize, GoFormative, Google Forms, Mentimeter, Poll Everywhere... there are so many of them. Rather than focus on absolutely everything, I thought I would share 5 great tools…
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