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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There are lots of reasons why touch devices have been so popular and successful as learning devices in the classroom. Their functionality and responsiveness have meant that whether you’re a teacher working with our youngest learners or in the later years of formal education, you can literally have the world…
In a recently made available study on sequencing, Roelle, Froese, Krebs, Obergassel and Waldeyer shared some interesting highlights in their paper “Sequence matters! Retrieval practice before generative learning is more effective than the reverse order”. The paper certainly reinforces previous findings related to spaced practice and retrieval practice. It should…
I’ve long been a fan of Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark and still completely free for education) and with their relatively recent updates, you can now not just collaborate on designs that you’ve made but you can also share remixable templates. Pretty cool huh? I use them personally…
Speaking and listening is the cornerstone of any classroom (and if not, why not?!) but how can technology help with oracy? Activities such as role-play, debate, discussion, and dialogue are all great ways to promote oracy in the classroom but how can technology help? Well, you’ll be pleased to learn…
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