How to join an educational Twitter chat.

After joining Twitter, I noticed some of the educators I was following kept hashtagging #___chat. I clicked on it and … More

What Is The Effect Of Using Minecraft As A Descriptive Writing Prompt?

Descriptive writing of settings is one of my favourite areas to teach.  I enjoy enthusing my students; trying to find … More

Don’t Buy Expensive Sensors For Science Lessons! Here’s An Amazing Mobile Phone Hack.

When doing a Science lesson recently, I couldn’t find the box of data loggers to measure the amount of light … More

10 Excellent Educational Hashtags To Find Teaching Ideas, Excellent Educators and More

Are you looking for great educational content online?  Do you want to easily search for teachers and educators on social … More

10 Excellent (and free) Primary Educational Resource Websites

Teachers, are you looking for some fantastic resources to use in your lessons?  Here, I have listed 10 excellent teaching … More

EdTech Tutorial: How To Use Minecraft In A Science Lesson On Circuits

Minecraft is an incredibly popular game for both children and adults. It can be used on a PC or there … More

Edtech Tutorial: How to use the App ‘Newsela’ in a guided reading session.

Newsela is an App (free on the Appstore) which features lots of news for children. There are loads of great … More

How to use time-lapse technology in your lessons.

Time-lapse technology is basically the opposite of slow-motion; the video is sped up. Here is an example of an art … More

EdTech Tutorial: How to use the App ‘ThingLink’ to make pages and pictures interactive.

ThingLink is a superb App. In a nutshell, you take a picture of something and add text and media to … More

EdTech Tutorial: How to use the App ‘Boomerang’ in lessons.

Today a colleague introduced me to a brilliant new App called Boomerang. It is called Boomerang because it turns short … More