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…
Well, here we are again, back in lockdown and remote learning in full swing. As I look around the Twittersphere there are many strands to learning and teaching. On the one hand, you have Gavin Williamson and cronies asking for parents to tattle on schools not doing well. You have…
A few months ago I was approached by Seneca to deliver a Teachmeet (as a webinar) as part of their TeachMeet series. When I agreed and was asked what I would like to share about I thought what better way than to share some evidence-informed approaches to using technology. I…
I’m very pleased to be working closely with NetSupport again at BETT and you will be able to find me on their stand every day throughout the trade fair. There will be a plethora of amazing presenters on the stand again delivering non-sponsored content, sharing their stories from their classrooms…
As many will know, Dual Coding is definitely in vogue right now. I’m not going to sit here and echo chamber the great work being done by many – you can find out lots more about dual coding on the learningscientists.org site, for example. What I am going to do…
A while ago I created a Padlet to curate some ideas for using Microsoft’s tools in the classroom. The Padlet has had some great engagement and there is a load of ideas shared on there. It really has been brilliant to see all of these coming in onto the wall….
So often we want to find images to use in our everyday work. Google images doesn’t really provide the answers when it comes to high quality CC free images. Digital citizenship is high on the agenda for pupils and students but equally so for teachers too. In this post I’ll…
I love Autumn. The change of the colours of trees. The drawing in of the evenings. Some people don’t like leaving and returning from work in the dark; me too, but those days where you catch those lovely autumnal sunsets and sunrises with that deep red winter sun are just…
I have been fortunate to be working on Jersey all this week with teachers on their use of technology alongside ‘Aspire 2 Be’; Simon Pridham, Martyn Hancock and someone who has been a friend of mine for some years now – Mat Pullen. As part of the work I have…
With this new academic year looming ever closer, I’ve been thinking about what it must like to be an NQT starting your teaching career in the current edu-political climate in the UK. Certainly, I don’t think there has ever actually been a better time to be a teacher. In my…
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