Welcome to Day 5 of the 2025 #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar! It is fair to say that today’s tool is one that I have mentioned in almost all of my 85 keynotes, inset days and workshops across 2025 and shared even more widely in conversations on social media and with educators…
If you saw any of my writing before the winter break that wasn’t the #24DaysOfAI posts, you’ll have been hard-pressed to not see me sharing about inclusion, accessibility and UDL (Universal Design for Learning). Technology can break down barriers and create truly inclusive learning environments. With the right…
Originally shared on LinkedIn, this post focuses on ways that we can use technology, particularly iPad, although the resources can be pivoted for classrooms with all types of hardware, from Chromebooks to laptops, to MacBooks, focuses on the idea that “What’s essential for some, can be useful for all.” When…
Welcome to day fifteen of #Appvent22, and what a great two weeks we have had. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone that has contributed to making this a success so far. With yesterday’s superb tool for reducing anxiety levels, Molehill Mountain, and our very first…
Today on Day 15 we welcome Caroline Keep as our guest contributor to the Appvent Calendar. An educator, data scientist, national TES award-winning teacher and fellow FED member, Caroline has many accolades under her belt. Her current work sees her as a Doctoral Researcher in developing digitalisation tools in education…
Welcome to day thirteen of #Appvent22, and we really hope you are enjoying the apps we have reviewed thus far! Today’s entry was written by Aleks House. Aleks is an ESOL learner, teacher, TLA manager, and Google Certified Educator. With over twelve years of experience, Aleks is part of a…
Originally introduced in iOS 14, this feature is so useful yet despite being really helpful in lots of scenarios for iPhone users, I am still amazed at the number of people who haven’t heard of it or stumbled upon it. In writing this article I read one author talk about…
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…
Welcome to Day Two of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased and proud to be bringing you another calendar of amazing tools, apps and services that can help support teaching, learning, productivity and being safe online. With a great start to the event with our first app yesterday,…
With School Closed… Part Two This post was originally posted on the 15/03/2020 on the Independent Thinking blog here. Following on from the previous blog I put out with Independent Thinking last week – not mention this one written for us by Ben Keeling head of Shrewsbury School in Hong Kong – we…
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