If you haven’t come across the Sphero ball, it’s a tidy little thing. Ever since I first saw one I wanted one thinking of its potential for learning. I knew I had to get one. It’s about the size of a tennis ball (perhaps slightly bigger) and advertised as waterproof…
Given the importance of keeping our young people safe, we’ve kicked off the year 7 curriculum with a series of lessons looking at digital citizenship and esafety. This gives students an opportunity to come in to the school and familiarise themselves with our learning systems. It tied in nicely with…
Thank you to Laura Knight @elearninglaura for her comments on the #threequestions series. A bit about yourself: I’m Head of eLearning at Berkhamsted School and teacher of French and Spanish. 1. What place, if any, has technology got in education? Some people think of wires and machines when they think of…
I’ve been curating blooms resources for sharing and so thought I would add them to my blog too. Do you have any great resources for blooms? I’d love to see them if you have. Thanks! Follow Mark Anderson’s board Computing resources on Pinterest.
What’s that? Your school bans YouTube? It shouldn’t really, should it? Not when there are so many potential uses. YouTube brings the power of video and audio to your classroom and for those of you worried about the videos and comments, there are lots of ways to make the videos…
A bit about this respondent: You know this…….I am the Ninja, and I like to move in mysterious ways (in education!) Nina, lead for @ITLWorldWide in Wales, experienced speaker, trainer and all round education guru. You can follow Nina on Twitter @musicmind 1. What place, if any, has technology…
A bit about this respondent: I am an English teacher from Kazakhstan. Mostly, I spent my free and not so much free time to learn and share every new science and knowledge somehow related to education, especially the role of technologies in enhancing the learning process. You can find him…
A bit about yourself: Thanks for the opportunity to talk to you Mark, I have enjoyed reading the interviews so far, and its great to read others points of view. I’m a MirandaNet and NAACE fellow currently working with MirandaNet on HandsOn _ICT (an EU Project on MOOCs for developing…
Today the response is by @crispinweston. Thank you to him for his detailed response. A bit about yourself: I taught for 10 years. After my PGCE in 1990, I immediately became interested (a) in the *potential* of ed-tech, (b) in the requirement for ed-specific software development, (c) in the requirement…
The series continues today with a response from Chris Hildrew. You can find him on Twitter @ChrisHildrew and his blog is here: http://chrishildrew.wordpress.com/ – my thanks to him and everyone else who has been contributing to the series. A bit about yourself: I am Deputy Head of a comprehensive school near Bristol,…
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…
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