Been thinking about this for a long time – years in fact, as teacher, but it’s taken some things happening to us as a family to convince me that smartphones should not be given to children until they’re really old
Teacher Dashboard and Google Classroom #28daysofwriting
I used to think that ICT would ‘transform’ education, and that it could also ‘transform’ society. Well, perhaps it will, but it hasn’t yet. As I get more experienced it seems to me that ICT, like any tool, has its
A vision of Britain
This looks absolutely amazing – a treasure trove of historical data, for free and all online. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
ICT for learning about history
Using ICT for Learning on Prezi This post is for a talk I’m doing tomorrow for the PGCE History students at University of Reading. We’re going to be looking at a number of tools that you might use for homework,
Prezi and collaborative learning
This isn’t rocket science, but I was really impressed by the easy way in which Prezi worked, the students were enthused and were able to easily share their knowledge using Prezi’s ‘edit together’ set up. I was so impressed, I
Italy Update
I’ve updated a few things on the previously moribund Italy page. I’m going to be adding things as I teach them this year. There’s also a podcast (almost all written – I’m 10 years off unification!) and class website at
ICT with the interns at OUDE
This session on homework and ICT is going to start us thinking about how we can get around restrictions on the use of ICT in schools (mainly a shortage of available computer suites for history classes) and still enable our
Pencast!
This is really a sort of proof of concept. We do a lot of revision sessions, and I wanted to see if we could ask one teacher in particular to use a livescribe pen to do a pencast of one
The 'e-baldie' roadshow continues…
Tomorrow I’m speaking to Learning Plus conference at Easthampstead Park Conference Centre, Entitled “Working Towards Success at 16-19 and Beyond”, and as always my schtick will be ‘ICT for Learning’. I’ll be using the attached powerpoint, but also the online
We love yacapaca
As you might know from my last post, I made various presentations today at the University of Reading Institute of Education about using ICT to teach history. I think it went well, and I’ll find out later when I see