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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 are lots of things that can inspire creativity in the classroom. We know why we want our students to be creative and to think creatively – it’s so that they can express themselves in ways that enable them to embed their learning in the classroom. One of the ways…
I was really pleased when Pete Jones asked me to create a presentation for a Teachmeet he was hosting at his school. I’m going to Jersey to do a number of bits of work this year so it was a great opportunity to connect albeit remotely with some of the…
Launched today, supported by the DfE, Computing At School, Microsoft, the Quick Start Computing site is something I was put on to which I think could make somewhat of a difference for those teachers struggling to gain confidence with the new Computing curriculum in the UK. The site has two…
Vidra is a great free new app from the creators of the also brilliant Grafio – TenTouch Apps. I was using Grafio on my iPad today and saw that they were promoting this new app – the end result looked pretty good and not too dissimilar to Adobe Voice (which I…
I love the Bett Show. When I first attended well over a decade ago I wasn’t that engaged. It was all companies trying to sell me things and it wasn’t really anything that was special for me. Nowadays it’s a completely different story… There are learn live theatres with seminars, discussion…
Great lessons have key characteristics. Many edu-bloggers have discussed this but for me, the one person that nails it is as discussed in my introductory post to this series is Tom Sherrington. In his series he discusses the topic in some detail across ten posts. In my series I will be looking at…
Great lessons have key characteristics. Many edu-bloggers have discussed this but for me, the one that nails it is Tom Sherrington where he discusses the topic in some detail in his ‘Great Lessons‘ series on his brilliant blog. He breaks these down in to ten key areas: Probing (questioning) Rigour (pitch and tone of…
Streamed live on December 30th, this AppSmash Live featured educators from all over the globe sharing their ideas. Big thanks to Richard Wells (@iPadWells), Joe Dale (@JoeDale) and Jenny Ashby (@jjash) for joining me in this session. Watch it back again now below:
I’ve been creating a number of posters featuring quotes from the inspiring #Nurture1415 blog posts that many educators have been writing although I haven’t made one for myself (if you’d like to, please do and pass on?). It’s a labour of love, but I get so much each year from…
Who would have thought it? Google now have an impressive number of apps available on the iOS App Store which can help, support and enhance learning. Of the 32 available that are optimised for iPad, I can easily see there being use for most of them in a learning space,…
I remember 1980 well. It was a time of fluorescent socks and real technological innovation. I remember vividly walking to school at 6 years old without a care in the world and the promises of the future. Now That’s What I Call Music was about to be given to me…
Originally posted on Staffrm, this is a post with some ideas about how you can get some balance with work & your personal life… I’ve had a lot to think about lately. I’ve seen lots of talk about the emotional well being of staff. The emotional well being of our…
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