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

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

How To Use Minecraft To Create A Digital Diorama.

Minecraft is a game in which the main aim is to construct objects.  To do so, requires a lot of … More

Create Simple Infographics With This Superb Online Tool

Piktochart is an excellent online website (also available on the App Store) which makes it really easy to create an … More

Great Tech Tools For Pop Art Lessons

Pop Art Studio is a great website in which you can apply Pop Art effects to an image.  Our topics this … More

Video or voice record your students to support peer & self evaluation.

Recording your students is a brilliant way to help them improve their speaking, drama and performing skills. My students all … More