Challenge your pupils to design an App!

Recently I asked my students to design a new app. I kept the explanation brief and just told them that … More

A nifty tech trick to increase the accuracy of recording in science lessons.

Slow motion (slowmo) is a video effect in which time appears to be slowed down.  To create a slowmo video, … More

My Article For The International Teacher Magazine: Using Minecraft To Engage Students In Learning.

I recently wrote an article for the International Teacher Magazine about simple ways to use Minecraft in the classroom.   Click … More

Paper 53 Is The ‘Sketch-iPad’ You Always Wanted

Paper 53 is a brilliant app which combines drawings, notes, photos and sketches.  It is available on the Appstore.  The … More

A Free, Downloadable ‘Assessment For Learning’ Prompt sheet.

Assessment for Learning (AfL) is the process of finding out how much progress students have made in their learning and … More

My Article For Teachwire: Focus Your Teaching On The Important Stuff By ‘Flipping’ Your Classroom.

I recently wrote an article for Teachwire , an excellent educational website (the online version of the magazine ‘Teach Primary’), about simple … More

Transition Tech Tools To Get To Know Your New Class.

This week, it’s been ‘move-up morning’ in my school, in which the children went to meet their new teacher.  How … More

My Article For The TES: How to… Overcome classroom technophobia.

I recently wrote an article for the Times Educational Supplement (TES).  It was about my experience of technophobia as a … More

An English Unit Of Work, Full Of EdTech, Based On The Book ‘Tuesday’ By David Wiesner

David Wiesner is a wonderful author and most of his stories are told solely through pictures.  This makes them absolutely perfect … More

Don’t just take notes, take ‘sketch notes’.

Usually when we ask our students to take notes, they use bullet points and text only. Sketch notes are different. … More