The increasing role of curation in learning & teaching
Curation has always been an important weapon in the arsenal of a student but never before has it been easier to curate, gather, organise and collate information on topics. It is going to change the...
View ArticleHow to embed QR codes in to pictures
I’ve long sung the praises of using QR codes as a vehicle to support learning with these two posts being two such examples: http://ictevangelist.com/1044/...
View ArticleTechnological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge
Technology, Pedagogy, & Content Knowledge model Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge The Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge model or TPACK for short has been around for some...
View ArticlePinterest for teachers
Pinterest for education Pinterest of interest? As a topic, Pinterest for teachers in education has been giving me some thought for some time. Having been lured to Pinterest a while ago, the more I...
View ArticleStudents as leaders
Being involved with students as leaders in my current role is one of the most rewarding elements to my job. I work with the students as digital leaders and I really haven’t blogged anywhere near...
View ArticleiPad workflows
iPad workflows are really important to learning. Student work doesn’t often happen within just the one App. We need to be able to connect the work created in one App to enable us to develop it further...
View ArticleDigital Pedagogy @ #WEICT13 Conference
As always I was very pleased to have been asked to speak at the (#WEICT13) West of England ICT conference. The list of keynote speakers was amazing with Lord Knight, the inimitable Russell Prue and...
View ArticleWhat makes a TeachMeet tick?
Image licensed from Simpologist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simpologist/246824847/sizes/z/in/photostream/ “TeachMeet at Clevedon works because people believe in it” That was the recent reflection on...
View ArticleTools to enhance learning
My keynote presentation at TeachMeet Soton last night included a whole host of different tools to enhance learning. The tools fell in to two categories. Those that were web based which can be accessed...
View ArticleTeachers as designers
I’ve been working on developing myself in terms of my practice my whole career however I don’t often blog about my learning journey. This blog has most often been about sharing ideas, hints, tips, so...
View Article6 Myths of Digital Technology
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...
View ArticleThere IS pedagogy in England!
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...
View ArticleIndependent Thinking Digital Learning Day #ITLDC14
Last Friday saw Independent Thinking associates Nina Jackson, Simon Pridham, Roy Leighton, Rachel Jones, Leon Hady, Richie Manu and I descend on London to share our digital learning stories. I had a...
View Article#Bett2015 Part Two – #UKEdChat on RM stand
I was delighted when one of most important people to me in my PLN, Martin Burrett @ICTMagic invited me to be interviewed for UKEdChat and to meet folk on the RM stand. I’ll always remember one of the...
View ArticleLow access, high challenge
The thing is, in education, for both students and teachers, using technology can be quite a complicated thing. Evangelists (where has that term come from?) can go on about the amazing features of...
View ArticleWhat makes a TeachMeet tick?
Image licensed from Simpologist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simpologist/246824847/sizes/z/in/photostream/ “TeachMeet at Clevedon works because people believe in it” That was the recent reflection on...
View ArticleTools to enhance learning
My keynote presentation at TeachMeet Soton last night included a whole host of different tools to enhance learning. The tools fell in to two categories. Those that were web based which can be accessed...
View ArticleTeachers as designers
I’ve been working on developing myself in terms of my practice my whole career however I don’t often blog about my learning journey. This blog has most often been about sharing ideas, hints, tips, so...
View Article6 Myths of Digital Technology – read this
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...
View ArticleThere IS pedagogy in England!
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...
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