Welcome to Day Ten of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! I’ve been bowled over by the quality and diversity of the entries on the calendar so far this year. So many fantastic tools and ideas for their use have been shared. If there’s one area that we all know our young…
Welcome to the ninth day of the #AppventCalendar for 2021. Today our recommendation comes from Marie-Clare Kelly, a Global Edtech author, eLearning manager and an all-around edtech knowledge house. The tool she shares is the somewhat nifty Miro, an interactive whiteboarding tool with many strings to its bow. Learn more…
Welcome to Day Eight of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today @RonanMcNichol shares classroom.cloud from NetSupport. classroom.cloud provides a versatile set of tools to safely manage your classroom What is classroom.cloud? classroom.cloud provides a collection of tools to help students learn in a safe and productive way when using devices. Developed by NetSupport…
Welcome to Day Seven of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today’s entry has been written and suggested by Global Edtech author, Kristin Harrington. Learn more about her by visiting her Twitter here! If you are an educator for students ages 5-14, then Empatico might be just the tool you need to…
Welcome to Day Six of the Appvent Calendar. Today as we open the door, Jamboard is revealed! If you haven’t heard of Jamboard then have I got a treat for you! Conceived originally to work on an interactive flat panel by Google, the Jamboard app, available in a browser,…
As we open the door today to find Olly Lewis’ recommendation behind door #5 we discover not an app, but a book! “My Secret Edtech Diary” from Al Kingsley – we’ll let him explain! If you follow me on social media, you may know that getting my hands on a…
Welcome to Day Four of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today, Global Edtech co-founder Ronan Mc Nicholl shares Tinkercad from AUTODESK which is a free app that students can use to create 3D models either independently or in a collaborative environment What is Tinkercad? Tinkercad is a free service from AUTODESK…
Welcome to Day Three of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today as we open the door it reveals the fantastic, now>press>play! When now>press>play got in touch and said that they were keen to get a review of their product, app and audio Experiences for education, I was so excited! I’ve been…
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today’s entry is provided by Ronan Mc Nicholl, Head of Digital Learning at Berkhamsted Prep, ADE, MIEExpert and co-founder of Global Edtech. Today we will share the Santa Tracker from Google which is a free website that children can use…
As we enter the month of December, we are so excited to launch the annual #AppventCalendar event. Sharing a daily dose of edtech inspiration and ideas throughout the month of December, the calendar is an event that has grown immeasurably since it was first started in 2018. Originally something which…
Many of us will know how annoying our virtual assistants can be, listening in to everything we do ready and raring to “help us” perform a variety of tasks, but how often do you use yours other than to perhaps call someone? In this short post, I’ll share a few…
I am truly blessed to do the work that I do. Working with schools and helping leaders, teachers, and pupils, I get to fulfil my life dream of helping people to make a positive impact in the world. Alongside this kind of work, another privilege I have is the opportunity…
If you know anything about my work, you’ll know how passionate I am about evidence-informed approaches to using technology in the classroom. One such piece of technology that has repeatedly shown positive effects on learning and teacher instruction in the classroom is the humble visualiser, so I was thrilled when…
In my role as Head of Education at NetSupport, I recently had the opportunity to meet with and interview Olli Vallo, CEO of Education Alliance Finland as part of our NetSupport Radio podcast and vlog series. As a follow up to that conversation, I wrote a short post to highlight…
Originally posted on the NetSupport website here, this is a recent post that I hope you find useful. Whether you’re starting at a new school that’s using an iPad, Chromebook or Windows device, there are many time-saving strategies you can regularly use to save you that little bit of time….
It’s fair to say that over the last eighteen months we’ve all been involved in a number of online events! Whether it’s been the lessons we’ve been delivering, conferences attending, CPD sessions we’ve run or online shows we’ve caught or even presented on. The pandemic was a precursor for lots…
Apple Clips has been around for a few years now. It’s a clever app for iPad and iPhone for making short video clips that can be enhanced in any number of ways using emoji, text, symbols, green-screen effects, AR and more! It’s become a firm favourite in many Primary school…
As educators and leaders in education, we have many moral imperatives regarding the young people and communities we serve. As someone who literally is the ICT Evangelist, you might think, “Well of course he’s going to say that”, but what Kingsley does in his ‘Secret #Edtech Diary’ is give you…
So what? Such a useful question to ask when it comes to thinking about what you can do and then perhaps should do with technology in education. So much technology has a propensity to be gimmicky. It is a fine balancing act to choose between those activities with technology that…
Who should lead on digital in your school? It’s a question I’m often asked. Many think it should fall upon the shoulders of the Head of Computing, as that’s the most logical person to carry forward any digital projects. Some think it should fall to somebody with teaching and learning…
In recent years, a welcome change in the world of edtech has been the developing conversation around the effective use of technology being reinforced by a strong evidence base. This is something that I have been championing for a long time, along with many others. Too many companies have, over the years, sold snake oil…
Your students probably already have accounts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat and so on, but for those starting on their social media journey and keen to make an impact, there’s a lot to learn and remember as they navigate this new, exciting, connected world. Recently, I’ve been working with…
If you’re wanting to find out about the latest innovations and developments in technology for education then you’d often normally find out about them through attendance at conferences and events. Sure, you’ll use social media to help you and having a great PLN (Professional Learning Network) can help with that….
As you’ll have noticed in my last post, things have been pretty busy in 2021. In a year that has seen me at my busiest in terms of work, speaking, consultancy and events, one of the biggest undertakings of 2021 have been my new part-time role as Head of Education…
Sometimes, just changing how you do things can really help you move forward. You’ll have no doubt noticed that I haven’t posted a blog for ages. And you know what? It wasn’t just me being lazy, honest! I’ve actually been working on writing my new book, which I’m already excited…
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