There are lots of different sites and apps for creating QR codes. Here are the ones that I use... Kaywa QR Code For a no nonsense, quick, easy to use website which enables you to create QR codes quickly and easily, this is the one for you. Don't forget to…
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I cannot take credit for these 6 myths of digital technology - I'm lifting them straight from what I thought was a well known and received investigation in to the impact of digital technology on education. It would appear that a lot of the research however is not well known…
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Thanks to the #ukedchat team for asking me to be involved again in another session. A bit quieter than usual with it being the Easter break but a great conversation and sharing of ideas took place as per usual. Please see a summary below in a Storify from the chat.…
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Thanks to Ross Morrison-McGill I hosted #SLTChat last week. In the run up I made a few posters to get people voting on related topics from the poll. You can view these below. Thanks too to all of the brilliant people who took part, contributed and fed in to the…
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Twitter is awash with so called 'Twitterati'. The recent Pedagoo London was reportedly a who's who of them. I'm supposedly one of them. I guess with some 12,000 followers I guess I might be. I don't know. You can decide. Certainly though, there are folk out there who are blogging,…
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There doesn't really seem to be a clear common consensus as to whether a Twitter PLN should be a professional or a personal learning network. Certainly I think it should probably be a bit of both. Also, as when dealing with all social media, you should be mindful of your…
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Unless you've been living under some kind of rock recently there has been huge debate about whether or not lessons should be graded, particularly by Ofsted inspectors. I could link to loads of different blog posts and articles related to this; even Radio 4 were discussing it on the Today…
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I've sung the praises of Gooru for some time now but haven't blogged about it and thought it was about time that I did. Gooru is great as a launch page for browsers in schools because of the content it kicks you off with. It might not give you the…
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We all work in a very pressured world. There are so many stake holders in education, that showing appreciation is rarely at the top of the list for any teacher. Well, it should be, and is at the heart of building positive relationships. Here are my top five hints…
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We've been looking at display recently and so I thought I'd ask Twitter for some examples on what would make a great display and for fellow Twitter folk to share photos of their favourite displays. I was not disappointed (see the Storify at the end of this blog post for…
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