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Unexpected Practices
it is seldom about technology designers’ a priori plans for a technology, and more about users’ unexpected practices with it. That, to me, is the most fascinating and useful basis of research inquiry....
View ArticleStop motion videos to demonstrate learning
We recently have been lucky enough to get the use of five iPads in our biology department and we have been trying to integrate them into the classroom. I recently came across the Lego stop motion app...
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Why Wikis – the wonderful world of wikis in the classroom
What’s a Wiki? Probably the best know Wiki is Wikipedia, ranked in the top ten of all websites, attracting hundreds of millions of visitors a month to the reference articles by tens of thousands of...
View ArticleBoarding Pass – @FernwoodDT
I saw this idea on Twitter originally and like most of our resources it was amended to our students. The concept is simple the ‘Boarding Pass’ is given to students as they enter the classroom and are...
View ArticleUsing Thinglink to extend model making activities
I first came across Thinglink when introduced by a colleague who teaches MFL (@ProfeScammell), she said it would be excellent to extend the model making activities we do in Geography and she was...
View ArticleShould I stay or should I Glow?
If you are a teacher in Scotland you have no doubt already heard or experienced “Glow” first hand. If not, then a quick google will probably tell you all you would ever want to know about where it has...
View ArticleOvercoming technological fear
“The lizard brain, is a physical part of your brain, the pre-historic lump near the brain stem that is responsible for fear and rage and reproductive drive.” – Seth Godin That pre-historic unwanted...
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Teaching about Radioactivity without Sources
Radioactivity is an exciting, mysterious and scary part of physics for many students, often because their ideas about ‘radiation’ are closely associated with their ideas about superheroes. Frequently...
View ArticleA Project Based Learning Opportunity for UK Teachers
Pedagoo has teamed up with Dreamdo to offer an exciting opportunity to UK teachers. We’re recruiting teachers and their classes to talk part in a project-based learning pilot using Dreamdo’s fantastic...
View ArticleAn iPad is ‘just’ another tool for learning
There has always been plenty of attention given to the Apple iPad, especially when it is mentioned in the same breath as education. But what we must always remember is it is just another tool for...
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Apps for Good – two Regional Roadshows in Scotland in September
“Apps for Good is an education technology movement that is transforming the way technology is taught in schools, turning young tech consumers into tech creators. Apps for Good aims to unlock the...
View ArticleRaising the profile of digital citizenship
We recently held our first Digital Citizenship Week at my school. Some colleagues and myself felt this was necessary given the amount of time our students now spend online. Ideally, of course, digital...
View ArticleInstagram and #teach180
I’ve not found much time for blogging over the summer since I’ve been moving house and deliberately trying to ‘wind’ down after a crazy busy year last year at work. I’m back at work now and it feels...
View ArticleNext Generation Virtual Learning Environments
Has your Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) become a dumping ground of resources that learners rarely access? Has the framework of your VLE changed as frequently as its provider’s expiring contract...
View ArticleA new Digital Learning resource #digilearnscot
Today sees the launch of a new resource to support the development of Digital Learning in Scotland: digilearn.scot Supported by a new twitter account, the new Digital Learning Community website aims to...
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UnderstandingModernGov conference – June 16th 2015
A little bit delayed by end of term madness… On June 16th I travelled to London for a day long conference organised by UnderstandingModernGov on the subject of Primary Languages – “Successfully...
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We’re on our way – Staffordshire Primary Languages conference: 26th June 2015
On Friday 26th June I attended the Entrust Primary Languages Conference in Stafford, organised and led by Lorna Harvey. Entitled ‘We’re on our way’, the day began with an excellent keynote from Clare...
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Top ten tips for Primary Language Learning
Image from Flickr: Aulia Fitri If you’ve read the July edition of UKEDmagazine you may have read my article entitled Top ten tips for Primary Language Learning. If you haven’t, you can read the...
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Practical Pedagogies Conference 2015
I always get excited when people invite me to speak at conferences but I was very excited when Russel Tarr (created Classtools.net and was famously attacked by Gove for using Mr Men to help teach...
View Article#PedagooWorcs
This is posted later than I planned but the rugby took precedent on Saturday night (What a game!) then life during the week happened. I had my first experience of #pedagoo last weekend at...
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