Thanks to Rebecca Stacey for this entry in the #threequestions series. You can follow her on Twitter at @bekblayton and check out her blog here: http://www.digitalclassrooms.co.uk/ A bit about you: I have been teaching ten years, most recently in East London where I led the ICT development at two very busy primary…
It’s no secret if you follow my blog that I love the Grafio App. With huge export sizes and vector graphics, it’s a quality App. And it’s half price at the moment. Only £2.49. Here’s a previous post I wrote about it – and it’s had some really serious updates…
The series continues and in this post we hear from Jersey’s teaching & learning guru, Pete Jones. You can follow Pete on Twitter @Pekabelo and read his blog here: http://deeplearning.edublogs.org/ A bit about yourself: I have been teaching for far too long. Er.. 18 years I think. Thankfully, I still feel…
This post in the #threequestions series comes from Surbiton High School’s José Picardo. You can find José on Twitter here and check out his blog here: http://www.josepicardo.com/ A bit about yourself: José Picardo is Assistant Principal in charge of Digital Strategy at Surbiton High School. He has taught languages for…
Thank you to everyone who has been engaging with the #threequestions series. I’ve been finding it really interesting and it appears many of you are too. I’ll be continuing the series throughout the rest of the summer and will compile the results at the end in to an iBook /…
Thank you to everyone who has been engaging with the #threequestions series. I’ve been finding it really interesting and it appears many of you are too. I’ll be continuing the series throughout the rest of the summer and will compile the results at the end in to an iBook /…
A bit about yourself: Currently a teacher in FE. Enthusiastic about tech but unenthusiastic about some of the attitudes surrounding it. Cynical pragmatist. 1. What place, if any, has technology got in education? As a tool to make my life easier, or learning more effective. As a full-time, front-line…
Today’s instalment of #threequestions comes from Siobhan Phillips. You can find Siobhan on Twitter at @Word_Looney. Siobhan writes: About you: Ex-head of department and extended leadership. Wants to re-focus on teaching and learning and driving it through technology. Starts new job at Accrington Academy as English Teacher with this focus…
With this new academic year looming ever closer, I’ve been thinking about what it must like to be an NQT starting your teaching career in the current edu-political climate in the UK. Certainly, I don’t think there has ever actually been a better time to be a teacher. In my…
As you can imagine, I read a fair amount of posts about technology and one of the most overused phrases is about capitalising upon the power in the pockets of students. I don’t mean snotty tissues or half eaten Haribo packets; I’m talking about the power of the mobile devices…
The sixth contributor to the series is Ross Morrison-McGill. You can find him on Twitter as @TeacherToolkit and he blogs here: http://teachertoolkit.me/ Tell us a bit about yourself? Apparently I blog and tweet far too much! I’d say, I’m just a beginner … 1. What place, if any, has technology got…
The fourth contributor to this series of posts is Kerry Pulleyn. Kerry is a teacher of English, former AST and now Lead Practitioner. She will be joining her school’s SLT from September 2014. She loves to learn as well as teach and she is a keen tweacher. You can find Kerry on Twitter @kerrypulleyn 1. What…
The third contributor to this series of posts is Andy Hampton. Andy is the Head teacher of a UK independent school. He is also Chair elect of the Independent Schools Association. You can follow him @andyhampton. 1. What place, if any, has technology got in education? Education…
The second contributor to this series of posts is Matt Britland. Matt is Director of ICT at The Lady Eleanor Holles School and Director of Realise Learning (www.realiselearning.co.uk) which is a education consultancy specialising in technology. He blogs at www.mattbritland.com and you can follow him on Twitter @mattbritland. …
More on the #threequestions series can be found here. David Didau: A relentless ex-teacher, ex-senior leader, education consultant and award winning blogger who pursues excellence in education. He likes to describe himself as provocateur but really he’s just a consultant. Albeit a high risk one. He’s written some books too…
Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be hosting a series of guest posts by teachers from all over the world answering three simple questions. 1. What place, if any, has technology got in education? 2. What’s your favourite edtech tool for learning and why? 3. What…
I’ve been compiling my Computing resources for some time but thought I would add them in to a resource on my blog. Here are my Pinterest Computing related boards broken down in to different topical areas. I will keep adding to these so keep checking back. Thanks! Follow Mark Anderson’s board Computing resources…
I was asked recently, ‘what on earth is blended learning’? So I thought I’d jot down my thoughts with some linked references. Blended learning is when learning takes place in a number of different ways, normally with a mix of face to face interaction between teacher and student and elements which…
In readiness for the start of next year I’ve made a video to run on plasmas around the school and show in tutor time to engage students and get them to apply. The video was made using Apple’s relatively unknown ‘Motion 5‘. It’s billed as a companion to Final…
I was recently inspired by Sean Junkins’ (@sjunkins) periodic table of iPad Apps. I thought it was a really useful too – being able to map Apps to activities – I thought it a really helpful too. With that in mind, I wanted to be able to use it as…
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