Welcome to Day 21 of #Appvent22 I can't believe how time has flown with so many great tools shared. One of my favourite things about the series is the opportunity to not just find out new ways of exploring tools we already knew about but also discover new tools we…
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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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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…
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I’m delighted to bring you a tool that’s not only of vital importance in edtech, the curriculum, and education as a whole but also a handy companion for all things collaboration within and across schools! ProjectEVOLVE is a FREE cloud-based platform that “resources each of the 330 statements from UK…
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Today's contribution comes from someone who has been a long-standing (some might say long-suffering) member of my PLN, Jérôme Nogues. A Head of Digital and also the Head of Languages at a Prep school in the UK, Jérôme is a strong advocate for the use of technology to promote learning…
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Today's entry comes from my partner in edtech, Ronan Mc Nicholl. The powerhouse behind almost everything on the Global Edtech site, Ronan is also the Head of Digital Learning at Berkhamsted Prep. Over to Ronan... Recently I have been exploring opportunities to incorporate immersive experiences in my lessons. Many teachers…
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Often with technology, it isn't the most amazing things that technology can do with things such as AR and VR that make it an effective tool. Often, it's the more mundane end of the spectrum that makes your life simpler and easier that helps you to reduce workload or speed…
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Welcome to Day Two of #Appvent22. We are delighted to share another calendar of superb apps, tools, and services. With a great start to the event yesterday, we proceed today with an award-winning platform that is having a huge impact on staff wellbeing. Staff wellbeing has rightly become a hot…
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I've written a number of posts about QR codes over the years such as this one and this one, including ideas for their use in education. You'd think given their age, they might be a bit old hat now, but they're still super useful as reference points in lots of…
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Like it or not, making resources is part of the bread and butter of being a teacher. Sometimes it involves making an explainer video, sometimes it’s creating a presentation or a keyword challenge grid, resources to go on wall displays or templates for book reviews for your students… Resources are…
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