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More than a decade of practical writing on EdTech, AI and digital strategy: what works, what doesn’t, and what it means for your classroom on Monday morning. Recognised as a Vuelio Top 10 UK education blog and UK Blog Awards Education winner, and a GESS Education Awards 2021 winner with LearnLiveUAE, with 9,630 subscribers reading every post.
There’s lots of talk on how Google Classroom is changing the landscape of learning in and out of the Classroom, but how do you use it? To help with that, and particularly those teachers who have just an iPad to work with in their classroom, I’ve created a series of…
One of my favourite apps for iPad is Book Creator, not just because of its massive potential for learning and collaboration but because it provides great opportunity for authentic learning in the classroom. It’s no small wonder then that it won best App at the Bett Show earlier this year….
One person I really value in my PLN is an educator named Nicole Ponsford. She wrote a guest post for the blog last summer when I ran the #TeachingHighlight series. When she got in touch to say that she’d co-authored a book, it was no surprise to me that the book…
Whilst there are some fantastic third party Apps out there, such as Book Creator and Explain Everything for example, the Apps that come with the iPad can sometimes be overlooked. I love the Apple Maps App as a vehicle for gathering quality images and resources on locations. I realise there…
There’s something quite special about being told you are amazing. It’s something I try and tell people a lot. It’s because people are amazing. I saw someone sign up on Twitter for the first time this week. Someone who was a bit scared about it but had a go any…
Explain Everything continues to be the #1 App for mobile devices. Of this, for me, there is no doubt. With that in mind, I thought I’d make some long overdue screencasts showing how to work with the various aspects of the App. From organising files to animating elements to importing…
I was delighted to be asked to deliver the opening keynote and to run some workshops too at the Streetly Academy Chromebook Conference. The focus for my keynote, (apart from including my favourite Chrome extensions and the wins you can get from the main Google Apps) was about the power of…
If Explain Everything is the best app for learning on the App store, then Paper by 53 wins the most beautiful App for learning available. If you haven’t come across it yet, you’re missing out. With its beautiful, intuitive and simple design it’s no wonder it has won so many awards….
I have been fortunate to be working on Jersey all this week with teachers on their use of technology alongside ‘Aspire 2 Be’; Simon Pridham, Martyn Hancock and someone who has been a friend of mine for some years now – Mat Pullen. As part of the work I have…
Canva for iPad is brilliant. I was a fan of it in its browser form when it first came out. You can make some lovely images with it. Lots of options for layouts, fonts, text positioning, layering, all sorts. If you think it’s going to be Photoshop – stop. It’s…
QR codes are simply awesome. I’ve blogged about them before such as here and here. There are a tonne of different apps and websites that you can use to both create and read them. For me it has been clear for a long time that accessing information, geo-locations or links to…
If you’ve had the pleasure of meeting me in the last twelve months or so undoubtedly I would have mentioned Haiku Deck. It is one of my favourite apps. If you haven’t come across it, Haiku Deck is free presentation software which works on pretty much every platform. There’s an…
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