Padlet
I have always been keen that our iPads do more than just work as laptop replacements. I saw many examples in other schools of the iPad as a research tool or a reward. The phrase “we got the iPads out”...
View ArticleThe Whole NC for 69p
Adding to my list of apps for teachers comes Pocket Curriculum. The app is simply an e version of the National Curriculum, but without the need to go online or trawl through the messy .gov website. I...
View ArticleAnalogue tool of the week: The Counting Stick
How many of us have one of those long duel coloured plastic sticks in the corner of our classroom? It is not quite a metre rule and it is too big to use as a pointer without taking somebody’s eye out....
View ArticleThis much I know about...why we should never grade individual lessons again!
Reblogged from johntomsett: We can all be better teachers. My paper, How we will develop into a truly great school was acknowledged by colleagues such as Sir David Carter and IOE Director Chris...
View ArticleSimples – Espresso Coding
As an ICT Coordinator I used to attend the BETT Show with a different and perhaps naive head about me. I went like a DJ/toy collector looking for the next new thing. The experience of finding the new...
View ArticleSecond Breakfast: The Lego Movie Is Perfect
Originally posted on Rooster Illusion: The few, the proud, the “those with nothing better to do” among you probably know by now that I always begin my articles with a completely pointless introductory...
View ArticleBev Evans – Legacy
Much has been tweeted and Facebooked this week about the untimely passing of Bev Evans. We have lost a friend and our timelines and news feeds are now much quieter and duller due to her silence. For...
View ArticleAdobe Voice
I recently played with Adobe Voice and then showed it to my Leo, who has ASD and is a year 4 pupil. Leo used it as a tool to complete his homework on Greek myths. Together we have played with a range...
View ArticleChocolate Tub Maths
Sometime ago I asked the twitter and Facebook community for some Maths ideas. I had lots of chocolates left over from Christmas and in particular an abundance of Cadburys Heroes tubs. I had an...
View ArticleObserving with an iPad – iObserved
Some time ago a colleague and I were discussing some “what if apps”. By that, I mean we had a wish list of some apps that would make our job easier. We had been doing our round of observations of ITT...
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