Results of 2012 Student IT Survey – Impacts on strategic planning
The summer term at The Costello School is an important time for us to take stock and reflect on the technology and resources our students have and often bring in to school. For the past two years we...
View ArticleThe iPad as an information consumer, collaborator and producer
I found this image and thought it would be a great one to share with fellow educators. The iPad in the classroom is a great way to become a dynamic consumer of knowledge, with a variety of apps that...
View ArticleTeachers Guide to Social Media
I found this info graphic today and thought I’d share it with you as it is a good overview as to how social media can be embedded into classroom practice. What are your thoughts? From: OnlineColleges.net
View ArticleThinglink – Create interactive images in the classroom
Thinglink is a great tool for creating interactive images that can be used in the classroom. It is really straight forward, non fuss approach to authoring – create an account, upload an image and...
View ArticleOrganising Disorganised Boys via mobile technology #edchat
For reasons that are still not fully understood by many, boys are inherently poorly organised when it comes to planning their education. They drift from one day to the next engaging in lessons but lose...
View ArticlePutting the children you teach ICT to into context #edchat
I thought I would share what I do to help develop effective pedagogy from the off in Year 7. Baselining students is important, as is gathering information on reading ages, verbal/non-verbal reasoning...
View ArticleMentorMob – creating mashup playlists to deliver your learning content, some...
Today I stumbled upon MentorMob- a great free resource to help educators create learning playlists that can consist of a wide range of media including YouTube videos, websites, Google Docs, PDFs, and...
View ArticleManage level of noise in the classroom with TooNoisy App
Found this great app today which I can see be of value to our primary colleagues as well as those of us who may have young children at home. TooNoisy turns your iPAD into a great sound meter, you’re...
View ArticleICT Programme of Study consultation in Public domain
So here it is in the public domain, the draft consultation on the ICT PoS Towards a new ICT Programme of study for the National Curriculum in England: update and primer for discussion BCS, the...
View ArticleKeynote and Remote App for slick iOS presentations
I’ve been using an ipad for my assemblies and presentations in school for a while, having ditched powerpoint and laptop. Why I hear you ask? Well, quite simply I love the fact that I can dash into a...
View ArticleHow to shorten Google FolderID’s and host websites from GoogleDocs
With many more educational institutions embracing the use of Google Apps and a Google EDU domain in the classroom a really useful tool is http://gdriv.es/ - allowing you to shorten into a more...
View ArticleUpdate to Google Forms
So, the new interface gives us a great way to get started with Google forms – more intuitive than the old one and a range of newer features that really help the workflow of an educator when using...
View ArticleHosting E-Portfolio’s using Google Sites
With an increasing number of schools in New Zealand taking advantage of their Google Education domain I thought I would turn my attention to unpicking some of the pitfalls of using Google Sites to host...
View ArticleUpdate on my Whereabouts
Well if you are reading this you’re probably intrigued as to the nature of this post. Summing up briefly, I’ve left the UK for pastures new, having moved to New Zealand on Christmas Eve 2012. I’ve...
View ArticleThe evolution of online schooling
A lovely infographic brought to you by the team at College Degree Search. Certainly makes you think of the role that educators will take in the future. What humble beginnings begot the massive...
View ArticleAn Educational Reform – Desperately Needed!
Today I came across this well constructed article from 16 year old Rosalie Ward, talking about the desperate need for educational reform in the UK. It is a really well written piece that is clear and...
View ArticleGoogle Maps and Earth for Educators
So, Google has made quite an overhaul to Google Maps and Google Earth with some fantastic features for educators to get stuck in and create wonderful dynamic content for their classes and for students...
View ArticleTe reo M?ori choice for Windows 8, Office 2013, and the Internet
Great to see Microsoft developing M?ori language support within their product. Taken from the GovTech blog: For ten years Microsoft has been collaborating with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo M?ori (the M?ori...
View ArticleMapping Children’s Chances
The biggest ever global picture of children’s well-being, education and family life has been assembled into a series of maps by the University of California, Los Angeles. “When you look at a map,...
View ArticleGetting all theatrical in class
Scenes for Learning is an excellent free online video resource hosting an ever growing series of powerful, theatre in education style videos for use in assemblies or the classroom. They are a great at...
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