A quick search of my site will bring up a whole bunch of articles linked to the brilliant work that can be done with Book Creator. A long-time supporter of Book Creator, it has ranked highly on my list of essential tools for learning in the classroom. It has been…
Something I often struggle to do is to find meaningful videos to use as backgrounds. A while ago I found a great app which you can use to turn your previously taken photos into animated looped videos, simply by tweaking a few elements in your image. Here’s an example of…
I was lucky to work at the European iPad Conference just before half term and got to meet some amazing educators while I was there. It was a really great event and I was able to spend some time meeting and chatting with some of the attendees and presenters including…
We all need inspiration. Sometimes it’s the pay packet at the end of the month which motivates us, sometimes it’s job satisfaction, sometimes it’s a tweet we’ve seen or a blog post or book we’ve read. Sometimes it’s a colleague or a lesson of theirs that you’ve seen. All of…
The recent periodic table of iOS apps for AR & VR I created alongside Steve Bambury has been very popular. One of the apps that feature on the table in the ‘Story Telling’ section is a free app called Figment AR which is free and suitable for ages from 4+ according…
I am privileged to be able to do the work that I do and meet the amazing educators that I do too. I’ve always felt that the stories and ideas we share when I meet with teachers should have a much wider audience and so the idea of the ICT…
So if you haven’t noticed, Storify is shutting up shop and is now no longer accepting new users with the platform being closed down in May this year. It’s quite disappointing when this sort of thing happens. I was gutted when my initial blogging platform, ‘Posterous’ shut down all those…
One of the most exciting arenas for innovation in education with technology is that of augmented reality and virtual reality. I’ve been a fan of exploring how these types of apps can be used to support and enhance learning for a long time now. One of my first books on…
Workload has always been an issue in the teaching profession. Over the years I’ve picked up a few handy hints to help me get through it all. There are lots of free tools you can use to help you make your life that little bit easier and take off some…
In keeping with @87History’s popular retrieval practice challenge grids idea and linked post, I created some templates to help people. Retrieval Practice Challenge Grids to use this term – pupils to answer questions based on previous subject content. Recap, recall & revise! #TeachUAEchat #PedagooFriday #AussieEdchat #UKEdchat 🇦🇪📚 pic.twitter.com/yCWOGZOPdk — Kate Jones…
I’m on a bit of a OneNote mission at the moment, it’s true. The OneNote Class Notebook add-in is simply superb. I wish the features of OneNote persisted i.e. were the same, across platforms though. The experience you get in Windows simply isn’t the same on Mac or iOS. As…
A while ago I created a Padlet to curate some ideas for using Microsoft’s tools in the classroom. The Padlet has had some great engagement and there is a load of ideas shared on there. It really has been brilliant to see all of these coming in onto the wall….
A great app for creating beautiful videos with voiceovers with tonnes of uses in the classroom, this video gives you an idea of what you can do with Adobe Spark Video.
BETT week can be really quite gruelling, even on a day visit. I’ve been attending for many years and have the scars to prove it. Here are my 6 rules of BETT to help you at the show. One – Wear comfy clothes and shoes You will literally walk miles….
I’m a big believer in random acts of kindness and paying it forward. I do it all the time and am really inspired when I see some of the amazing things others do. With that in mind and particularly at this time of year, why not have a look at…
The Edtech 50 is the idea of Ty Goddard from the Education Foundation and Edtech UK. I’ve been involved in some way shape or form with the Education Foundation ever since they kindly hosted my book launch for ‘Perfect ICT Every Lesson‘. I first met Ty Goddard and Ian Fordham…
Christmas is a time of year when many young people turn to technology. It could be because they’ve been given a console, phone, tablet, laptop or other online tech device or it could be because they’re bored or the weather is inclement, they might turn to these devices to play,…
Whilst there are some awesome apps and websites to support generic teaching and learning activities across the curriculum and age bands, there are also lots of brilliant subject-specific apps for you to use in the classroom too. Remember that whilst some of these tools really do have ‘cool factor’ running…
A while ago I created a Padlet to curate some ideas for using edtech in the classroom. This Padlet has had quite a few visits and as it stands has 60 different contributors sharing lots of different ideas for you to try in your classroom. It really has been brilliant…
The route to leadership in education for many can be a bit like working your way through a maze. I’m sure that like me, you’ve had many people in your establishments who, from your perspective, beggar belief in how they ever managed to land that job. I’ve definitely found it…
There’s no getting away from it, oracy is an essential skill. It is something that can be taught and there’s a pretty firm evidence base for it given the research quoted in this paper. Add to this the impassioned article here explaining: “What is oracy and why should every child…
I first started blogging in 2009 after being inspired by the brilliant Tim Rylands and Andy Hutt. Since then I have written more than 650 blog posts on this site and much more on previous blogging sites such as Posterous, wordpress.com and sites such as Staffrm plus articles for magazines…
There’s no getting away from it, technology in education can be an expensive business and there are plenty of companies out there ready to get their snake oil out there to make a fast buck from “helping” educators. With ever decreasing budgets and a Government wanting a world-class education for…
The launch of iOS 11 has brought about the advent of some great new features to your iPad. It also marked the end of 32-bit apps being allowed to run on iOS. All apps on iOS now run on 64-bit and so if you’ve noticed that one of your beloved…
I love Google Chrome. The extensions you can add to your Chrome browser are fab. Sure there are things you can do with Safari, Edge, Firefox… but nothing comes close really to the powerful Chrome browser. One of my new (to me) favourite extensions for Chrome has to be the…
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