Pokemon Data Handling: A Photo Essay

Getting inspiration from the brilliant Adam Hill, I recently used Pokemon as a stimulus for a data handling unit in … More

My article for Teach Primary Magazine 

I recently wrote for Teach Primary Magazine.  The article was about a range of tech tools that make assessment a … More

How To Use QR Codes In Lessons.

QR codes or quick response codes are brilliant to use in the classroom.  They are basically machine-readable labels that contain information … More

Guest Blog Post: How To Develop Your Study Skills.

Studying can be difficult without the right guidance. Learning methods to manage your time, condense your study material and optimize … More

Bloom’s Taxonomy and the implications it has for a digital classroom.

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a teaching framework that classifies learning from lower order to higher order thinking. REMEMBERING > UNDERSTANDING > … More

Guest Post: Mysimpleshow, The Free Video Creation Tool for Educators and E-Learning.

Educators looking for a new online teaching and learning tool – we found it! It’s called Mysimpleshow, and it’s free. … More

5 Tech Tools That Are Great For Adaptive Learning.

Adaptive learning is where teaching methods and materials change to match each student’s pace. How could a teacher possible manage … More

Online Writing Is Really Engaging With Night Zookeeper

Recently I was contacted on Twitter by the owner of Night Zookeeper to try out his website with my class.  Night … More

Guest Post: Top Websites To Use When Teaching Writing.

It’s that time of the year again when I go through my bookmarks and Diigo lists and try to choose … More

Want to add some excitement to handwriting lessons? Make some GIFs!

I was racking my brains for ways to make handwriting lessons more fun.  One of my students came up with … More