The “One iPad” Classroom
If you have been allocated just one iPad for your classroom then you have very different issues to 1-to-1 classrooms as the iPad is not designed as a shared device. But don’t despair! There are apps...
View ArticleThinking Digital Citizenship
INSPIRED! My colleague @lindarubens pointed me in the direction of a fantastic post on Digital Citizenship by Craig Badura. Craig’s ideas are simple but effective because they ask students to do a very...
View ArticlePositive Digital Citizenship
My last post focussed on the common topics that form many schools’ Digital Citizenship programmes (if they’re lucky enough to have one). It was quite popular and thanks for all the feedback but one...
View ArticlePOSTER: 20C to 21C Learning
I was asked by Tanya Avrith (@edtechschools) for some graphics to illustrate the new approach to teaching young people in the 21st Century and how the source of information and how we build knowledge...
View ArticleSAMR success is NOT about Tech
Quick refresh If you aren’t aware of the S.A.M.R. model (devised by Ruben R. Puentedura – @rubenrp) then in simple form it explains the common journey teachers go through when introducing technology....
View ArticleSAMR + Design Masterclass
Happy enough… I’ve always been happy that I could visualise ideas for others and have had fantastic feedback from my readers, particularly in that area. Thanks readers! But… Back to the drawing board I...
View ArticleThe Power of Comics
Comic apps are an important addition to any student’s learning armoury and I know that many classrooms are already engaged with them but I wanted to: study the various uses for them in general...
View ArticleiPad teaching is NOT about iPads
Priority no.1 ? I’ve covered technical and workflow ideas on this blog a lot but it’s time to properly summarise a teacher’s first priority when the kids have iPads. Now here is where I have an issue...
View ArticleMoving the ‘un-moveable’ teacher
Google Inspired I’ve just had the pleasure of presenting at the EdTechTeam’s Google For Education Summit and it was an excellent event. NZ Educators came away inspired and full to bursting with new...
View ArticleThe Myth of Device fatigue
My wife came home the other day and started describing a new problem arising in her school, where students were claiming to be tired of using devices for everything. The students were apparently saying...
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