Google classroom – training session 07 October
What is Google Classroom? Have a look at this video here for a quick synopsis… Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that weaves together Google Docs, Drive and Gmail to help teachers...
View ArticleThe Creative Profession
I love this video from The RSA. The idea that teaching is a creative profession dawned on me a few years ago, and this idea I think has influenced many of the decisions I’ve made since. In actual...
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Own Learning
I love teaching. I really do. However, like many other teachers I yearn for other experiences and opportunities as well. I’ve been lucky so far in my career to have had a few interesting...
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Have you seen what’s Glowing?
Glow has taken a real knock over the last few years, and rightly so to be fair. It was a great idea that got a bit lost and left behind for various reasons that I think are now best left in the past....
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First Experiences of AirHead
As I mentioned in my previous post, we’re very lucky to have Google Apps for Education hosted for us on edubuzz.org by our LA. It’s fab, however one issue with it is that there is no focal point for...
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Wireless Projecting
I’m in the ridiculously fortunate position of having been given 20 chromebooks a few years ago, 17 of which are still working. I was also given a wireless network to make them work, which has been...
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Unexpected Practices
it is seldom about technology designers’ a priori plans for a technology, and more about users’ unexpected practices with it. That, to me, is the most fascinating and useful basis of research inquiry....
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Leading from the classroom #STEPConf
The ever magnificent David Cameron asked me to come along and speak at #STEPConf yesterday. My brief was to share the Pedagoo journey to inform a discussion on the following question: How can teachers...
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Connected Learning | Supporting a shift to BYOD
A Connected Learning Network (aka WiFi) is coming soon to my school…exciting stuff. As I’m currently off work awaiting surgery on my ankle I’ve been putting in a bit of work into creating resources to...
View ArticleSAMR: modern day educational “snake-oil”.
I wrote in a previous post my thoughts on how the SAMR model degrades/demeans meaningful technology based learning activities and directs teachers to think of their use of technology as insufficient if...
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In the wake of change
I started my first ever Open University course today. And what did I do as soon as I got the email saying I was enrolled? I got into the course website and started exploring. Wow, have they got it...
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UnderstandingModernGov conference – June 16th 2015
A little bit delayed by end of term madness… On June 16th I travelled to London for a day long conference organised by UnderstandingModernGov on the subject of Primary Languages – “Successfully...
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Top ten tips for Primary Language Learning
Image from Flickr: Aulia Fitri If you’ve read the July edition of UKEDmagazine you may have read my article entitled Top ten tips for Primary Language Learning. If you haven’t, you can read the...
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Cyber Christmas Lecture Tour 2015 #christmascyber2015
The Cyber Christmas lectures have been running since 2012, always the week before Christmas and always in Universities across Scotland. The lectures have been aimed at School pupils and the intention...
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How to solve tech problems
My raspberry pi, was having problems. For a while it had sat on the windowsill happily posting images to tumblr day and night on skypi and broomhill sky’s, it served up a small website itself too. At...
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Create Wearable Technology with Raspberry Pi
PA Consulting are challenging students to use the Raspberry Pi to drive innovation in sport and leisure. From creating wearable performance-monitoring technology through to developing a crowd-control...
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Computing Science Professional Learning Event – Ethical Hacking – AM & PM...
This event has been organised in partnership between Education Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University to help support secondary school teachers who are planning to deliver the new SQA...
View ArticleJoin Me
As mentioned in my previous post, I am one of our school’s digital leaders and super excited about all things technological, especially if they enhance the learning. Sadly, I have seen ICT being used...
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Play your part and enjoy Safer Internet Day on 9 February 2016
Safer Internet Day (SID) is the flagship event under the Better Internet for Kids strategy. What started as a European event under the EC Safer Internet Programme has turned to a huge International...
View ArticleBuild It Scotland: part 1
My P6 class has been cracking on with developing their 3D software skills for BBC Scotland’s Build It Scotland project. The aim is to use 3D CAD software like Tinkercad, SketchUp and Minecraft to build...
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