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…
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There’s no getting away from what a difficult year it has been for everyone the world over. With Collins Dictionary making their word of the year ‘lockdown’ it is a clear sign of the times. Whilst other words such as ‘’Rona’ or ‘unprecedented’ or ‘the Vid’ might have also been…
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Welcome to Day Six of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! As you may have noticed on the Appvent Calendar this year, many of the tools we have selected have really come into their own during COVID-19. Continuity of learning and teaching has been a central part to the concerns of students,…
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Beautiful calendar templates for home learning and other activities such as those linked to positive mental health activities are all the rage at the moment. I was thrilled to work with GoBubble to create the calendar for their month of activities this month. It also meant I got to work with…
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Inclusion can take place in lots of ways in a school setting. Technology can really help with this and in this post, I'll share three ways to help ensure children don't feel excluded in your classroom. Wheel of Names! Sometimes inclusion is just that - ensuring everyone not only feels…
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Originally posted as part of my Summer takeover on the Microsoft Education blog, this post explores the ways in which you can use Microsoft tools to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive... One of the most beautiful parts of the role of the teacher is that ability you have…
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