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….
Welcome to Day 9 of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! A consistent feature throughout the AppventCalendar event so far has been those tools and apps which have really helped to make a difference to communication, collaboration and teaching and learning throughout the pandemic. In the early years and primary setting one…
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,…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 8 months, COVID has had a huge impact on education and the progress and lives of all of our learners in our schools. It has proven to be difficult for school leaders to stay ahead of the curve in terms…
I’ll always remember my birthday this year. Things were starting to get closed down everywhere and on that day, the lockdown here in the UK was announced. Since that day, every day I’ve seen educators working as superheroes, doing their best to help, be supportive, creative, engaging in our own…
Lots of schools use Twitter to share what they are doing, from sharing the fabric of school life and the day to day activities to professional learning opportunities from the school, its teachers sharing the great work of their learners – there are so many ways that schools use the…
If you haven’t heard of Learning by Questions (LbQ) then where have you been? I first heard about LbQ more than a year ago when visiting a school in Northern Ireland. The teacher I was talking to was so enthusiastic about it and its impact on his learners, I had…
I love being a teacher and working in education. In my role now I am very fortunate to work with educators as I do now. Wherever I travel in the world, people comment on the different periodic tables that I’ve made over the years. Even just this last week in…
Morning and welcome to Day Nineteen of the AppVent Calendar! Today’s entry isn’t going to transform your teaching or even the learning of your students. That said, it is one of a few tools I use to ensure that when I share images either socially or within presentations I deliver,…
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