My last post was about using Thinglink and I posted a very quick and untested idea with a request for suggestions on how to use it. Well Julian Wood’s blog @ideas_factory has provided a great example of Thing link being used in the classroom by Wil Baker. Julian’s blog is full of great ideas and Full Article…
Thing Link
Love this app – only just discovered it so working out how I might use it in the classroom. This picture was just one I had to hand – it’s the cover of a book written by Nic Daniels (who co-authors this site!). Roll over the picture and find the hotspots – they have a Full Article…
QR Literacy
Great post from David Mitchell – thanks to him and his year 6 pupils. He says: “Today I introduced pupils to QR codes and after 5 minutes they knew exactly what to do. We talked about what we could do with them and amongst other things we discussed how great it would be to link Full Article…
Learning Gangnam Style in Ysgol Gyfun Gartholwg
I’ve been meaning to share this video for ages, I think it’s brilliant and it showcases what kids can do. The video is in Welsh (because it’s a Welsh medium school) and the title ‘Atalnodi’ means punctuation. It stresses the importance of good punctuation and gives some of the basic rules, including some peculiarly Welsh Full Article…
Picture vocabulary
Just a very quick idea for teaching foreign language vocabulary – give children a series of words and ask them to type each one into Google images. Work out what the word means from the pictures. If you want to extend this activity, download one of the pictures and add it to a scrapbook programme Full Article…