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A Visit to the School of the Future?
In the last few weeks I was lucky enough to visit one of the great success stories from the ‘academy’ school system that has been developed under the current Education Secretary. Essa Academy in...
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My first 3 days with a 1:1 iPad classroom
It has taken months of preparation and a ridiculously steep learning curve, but last week I finally got a class set of 30 iPads up and running. In just 3 teaching days I have learnt a huge amount...
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5 Reasons why the iPad will stay the king of the classroom
1. It’s not a laptop The biggest and most oft-heard criticism of the iPad usually revolves around it not behaving like a desktop PC or laptop. The people making this complaint are simply missing...
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2013: The Year Education Changes Forever?
It’s always quite good fun, a little optimistic and potentially depressing to get to the end of the year and start making resolutions for, and predications about, the year ahead. As 2012 comes to a...
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Choosing the Right Mobile Learning Device
Last week, even by my standards, was an EdTech overload. I spent a day at BETT 2013 and followed this up with a visit to The Brewery in London for the Apple Education Leaders Summit. Aside from the...
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5 Reasons to use Apple TV in the classroom
This article has also been published on the fantastic Edudemic website. Apple TV has been around for a while now, but it is not as famous as the devices and machines that the company have become...
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The Evernote Experiment: Part 1
From 8th January – 22nd March I chose one class, my First Year class (aged11-12) to give up using exercise books, reading books and textbooks. Instead, they would use only digital mediums that were...
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The Reality of the Classroom of the Future
In the UK, private schools often use ‘small class sizes’ at 6th form (16-18years old) as a selling point to entice parents to choose their school over another. I regularly have the opportunity of...
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What is the point of Educational Technology?
I spend a huge amount of my time reading about the top 5 apps for teachers, the best software for collaborative writing, the best web tool for this, that or the other, how to do something that I’ve...
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The 5 Apps EdTech needs now
Having been teaching with a tablet in my classroom for nearly a year it has become evident that the market for Education apps still isn’t quite right. I think this is most evident in the fact that the...
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Why we must not fear the rise of the Robot Teacher
Robot teachers seem inevitable. Technology is developing at such a pace that teachers are entirely overwhelmed by what is available to them in the classroom. As a classroom teacher who tries very hard...
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Why Technology Integration Fails in the Classroom
Over the last year I have lost count of the number of times I have heard someone say to me that their school, or a school they know has purchased X number of (usually, but not exclusively) iPads but...
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Successful 1:1 integration – A How To Guide…
Easier as it would be to pretend otherwise, the truth is that integrating mobile technology into a school is not a ‘one size fits all’ sort of thing. That said, there are some basic principles which I...
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iPad vs Computer – typing test
There are many criticisms and barriers put up when one discusses the implementation of mobile devices in schools. These range from the philosophical to the practical and one that comes up often is...
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