The last week in July is always a special one for me. It’s the week that we normally see the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Institutes taking place around the globe. Traditionally the Institutes work on a two year rotation. One year there will be a new intake of ADE’s (that…
First introduced to me recently by Julian Wood, Prisma is a simply fab free and simple to use app that can revolutionise your photos and how you think about them. Fantastic for the Art classroom taking on board lots of different artists styles. Check out the result of just some of…
It has been my privilege to work with the teachers across the North Tyneside Learning Trust a number of times this year developing student digital leaders in a number of schools across the trust. It was this work which led to the formation of the Digital Leader Academy which you…
Getting the start of a lesson right is such an important thing. If you don’t switch the students on right away then you can lose them pretty quickly. I’ve written previously about the importance of routines and in that post part of what I was saying was about the importance of…
I am lucky to have worked with some phenomenal teachers over my professional years. Some of them are so called ‘edu-celebrities’ who have won awards for their blogs and recognised in various polls and are thought of as being inspiring by many. Some are people who deliver some of the…
First things first. As I started in my last periodic table post, it’s never just about the apps. End of. That said being guided around tried and tested apps from the classroom can be really helpful. This new periodic table looks at #STEAM apps, namely those that can link through…
It was my pleasure to be interviewed by Kelly Long from the Inspiration 4 Teachers podcast a few months ago. She titled the podcast “The Best ICT Applications for Learning” and you can listen to it below. In the podcast we discuss a number of different things such as: How…
If you’ve met me you probably know I could do with shedding a few pounds. I’ve always been pretty large although the weight does fluctuate. I suffered pretty badly as a child from name-calling and other bullying. It affected me then and it affects me now. Something that has really become…
Firstly, a massive thank you to the many people who chose to come and see me in my session. It is such a privilege to be able to share in this way and I massively appreciate you coming to hear me talk. In a move to stop the fetishisation of technology…
I’m thrilled to be speaking again tomorrow at the Telegraph Education Festival. I’m in the ‘South Front One’ at 11.50am and the focus of my session will be looking at teaching, learning and technology. I’ve spoken before at the Festival and attended other times too. It’s a great event normally…
First things first. It’s never just about the apps. End of. That said being guided around tried and tested apps from the classroom can be really helpful. With that in mind, back in 2014 I created my first periodic table of iPad apps. Little did I realise how popular it would…
In true David Cameron style, music will be accompanying this post: At the start of the classic Primal Scream song, “Come Together” we hear the lyrics: “This is a beautiful day It is a new day We are together, we are unified And all for the cause Because together we got…
Ok, so straight up – the first thing you should know is that they’re not dinner ladies, they’re ‘lunchtime supervisors’, okay? One of the best bits of advice I could ever give to a trainee teacher or to an NQT would be to make sure that you make friends with…
I think of myself as being really fortunate to have been blogging like I have for such a long time. I look back at the things I’ve done, the people I’ve worked with, the impact I’ve had and I feel really proud. When I first started out sharing like I…
As noted in some of my tweets recently I am undertaking some work with Independent Thinking on the Isle of Man this week. It’s a really exciting project. My part of it is looking at what it takes to be a modern educator. I obviously have my points of view…
I discussed recently with someone that my blog was more about sharing technology ideas than a resource but they argued back that whilst much of what I write about it recommendations for tools that will work in the classroom, the resources and ideas that spark from the ideas shared here…
It’s no secret that I’ve been a fan of the three great Adobe apps; Slate, Voice and Post for some time now. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any better, along comes Adobe Spark. Adobe have rebranded three of my favourite apps for publishing, Adobe Spark Page (formerly Adobe Slate),…
Today I hosted alongside my new co-host Rachel Smith the sixth episode of #AppShareLive. Joining us were Apple Distinguished Educators from around the world who shared innovative, pedagogically driven tools for learning. My special thanks go to: Gitane Reveilleau John Hart Alex Johnson Jon Neale Nathan Ashman Chris Copeman ……
One big concern facing educators in using edtech in the classroom is that it could be a big distraction. Certainly it’s a big feature of the ‘research’ being undertaken about technology in education that has featured so heavily in the media: This onslaught has been bubbling in the media since…
Continuing Professional Development (or Continuing Professional Self Development as Ian Gilbert discusses in his ‘Why Do I Need a Teacher When I’ve got Google?‘ book… CPD has changed its appearance. Not a sheep in wolf’s clothing. Not at all. But no longer is it about one of the senior leadership team…
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