Gamification

I’ve always loved designing and playing games as a way of helping teachers and pupils learn new skills and knowledge. I used to particularly enjoy designing and running management games which sometimes ran for the whole duration of a 3 or 4 day residential course and were based on a simulated timescale, an imaginary location, Full Article…

Using technology to improve assessment and feedback

I have just come back from Online Educa, an annual event in Berlin. I think this is about the 6th or 7th year I’ve attended because together with colleagues from Pontydysgu, we do the conference internet radio programme which goes out live each day. As well as the keynote presentations and workshop sessions, there is Full Article…

Digital portfolios in primary school

Love this project from one of our local teachers. Not only do primary school kids get to develop their own, unique digital portfolios that enable them to curate, organise and share their work in a variety of ways they also learn so much maths, literacy, design and IT along the way. And the only software Full Article…

DCT hacks

www.hacknmod.com Let’s face it, we can’t all be Ben Heck. Fortunately, the kindly folks at Hack n Mod have developed a site that can help you build pretty much anything out of pretty much anything else. Some of our current favorites include turning a GameBoy into an iPod, turning an old PC into a functioning server, Full Article…