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About 6 years ago, a web 2.0 tool came along called ‘Wallwisher’ which everyone raved about and it really was the belle of the edtech ball. It was very popular indeed, but over time, it became more unpredictable and thus unreliable. As time rolled on so less and less teachers…
I suspect that the excitement will die down eventually but the long process that has been the creation of my book ‘The Perfect ICT Every Lesson’ has reached its ultimate conclusion – it’s in print and I have a copy sat next to me as I write this post. I…
I’ve been working today with a colleague who has responsibility for the Senior Academy at my school and we’ve been talking about how we could better communicate with the parents in our community. We currently have a text messaging service but we discussed different avenues. Parentmail School website and more……..
Many is the blog post which highlights the ways in which Twitter is the best staffroom in the world but I’ve not seen too many that highlight the ways in which we can use Twitter in the classroom. Many teachers love to use Twitter as a resource to share, explore,…
Teacher confidence in using technology is often a problem for schools that are pushing for colleagues to use technology to enhance learning within their educational establishment. Ensuring that teachers are confident when coming to use technology is a big deal. There are lots of ways in which you can help…
E-learning or using technology to support learning comes in many different shapes and sizes. I’m always being asked to give advice and ideas on different online tools or iPad apps that can help with learning in the classroom. It’s always a challenge to balance the needs of the activity, with…
Technology can be used to support any subject and technology to support creative writing is one such area. Here are some of my favourite but often overlooked sites and tools as well as some staples for inspiration, creation and publication and they work just as well in primary as they…
I don’t really do reviews as the body of evidence of posts on my blog will testify but I wanted to talk briefly about a piece of kit I’ve just got which I felt was essential for me to have. I’ve had access to a Kanex ATV Pro for a…
With there being lots of discussion about NQT’s and students starting their PGCE courses, I thought I’d share a few things that I know now that I wish I had known when I first started teaching – hopefully they will be of some help. This certainly isn’t an exhaustive list…
I’ve always been a big fan of the Nintendo DS App “Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training”. In particular, the Math element of the game I found to be really good at getting my brain more responsive in terms of my general abilities related to mental arithmetic – being able to quickly…
With NINE ADEs in the session yesterday, here’s our podcast from Spreaker for our third #ADESpreak. Mark Anderson @ICTEvangelist Nick Davies @TESSEnglish1 Nick Dempster @linakerict Gavin Smart @gavinsmart Wolfgang Soeldner @wsoeldner Mat Pullen @mat6453 Evelyn O’Connor @evelynoconnor Dan Edwards @syded06 Alan Frame @headdowneyesup We’d love to hear your feedback! Enjoy!…
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