Check out Facebook News Feed History of the World: World War I to World War II I love this – can your pupils set one up for other periods in history or for particular events?
Instant silence!
I remember Nic Daniels having a thermometer type thing hanging on the wall in his classroom (the sort you see on churches telling people how much money has been raised for the roof restoration fund). He allocated so much ‘noise’ for each day and each time his class were making too much (inappropriate) noise, he Full Article…
Taccle2 Primary handbook!
Here is the first downloadable version of the new Taccle2 book ‘E-Learning for Primary Teachers. Taccle2 Primary Book.pdf No more excuses! This is a step-by-step guide to using technology to improve teaching and learning in the classroom. Many of you who use this site regularly are probably pretty e-competent by now but the hand book Full Article…
Hour of Code
Thanks to Barbara Ray for this post! As well as information about the Hour of Code, Barbara has put loads of links to really useful sites making it a very content-rich post if you follow even half of them! ”Mark your calendars. December 9-15, Code.org is organizing a campaign to get 10 million students to Full Article…
It’s all about Aurasma!
Augmented Reality in Education- Shaw Wood Primary School uses Aurasma from Serkan AYTAÇ on Vimeo. Use Aurasma to bring learners’ work and displays to life! Basically, this is what happens when QR codes and augmented reality collide! When the chosen photo is scanned by a mobile device, video footage of the learner(s) discussing, acting or Full Article…
Blapp Snapp Thing Link
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…