Using Social Media To Make Learning Competitive.

My colleague recently shared with me how he used social media, in an innovative way, in the classroom. The lesson … More

Guest Blog Post: 5 Incredibly Useful Apps That Every Educator & Student Needs.

Students of all ages face new challenges in a technologically dominated world. Simply showing up with a backpack, some pencils … More

Try Using Augmented Reality To Create A Truly Interactive Display.

In English, my class have been studying discursive writing.  The topic we have focused on has been zoos and whether … More

Virtually Presenting At The Primary Maths Initiative.

In November, I will be virtually presenting at the Primary Maths Initiative CPD: “A support network of teachers and specialists … More

A simple but useful tech idea to replace mini-whiteboards.

Combine an iPad with the app ‘Paper’ by FiftyThree and you get a great replacement for mini whiteboards.  My class … More

My article for the International Teachers Magazine: Everything you need to run an inter-school online competition. 

After recently running the Federation of British Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) maths online tournament, I decided to share what I … More

Technology Gives The Quietest Student A Voice.

“Technology Gives The Quietest Student A Voice.” – Jerry Blumengarten. I absolutely love this quote.  It is such a powerful … More

Reluctant writers in your class? Engage them with Pokemon character reports.

I recently came across this amazing art on BoredPanda.  It is an artist’s vision of the anatomy of different Pokemon … More

Try Out Google Expeditions… WOW!

“Wow!  Amazing!  Ohhhhhh!  Wooaahhh!” These were the sounds that could be heard in my classroom when we tried Google Expeditions … More

An exciting lesson exploring GPS and geo-tagging.

As part of our ICT curriculum, we cover the global positioning system (GPS) and geo-tagging.  In simple terms, these are … More