In this activity, learners use creative online applications to exhibit their understanding of a text they’ve been studying. We’ve used the software below to help learners understand a range of texts from Shakespeare to Jane Austen to Philip Pullman and many others. Why not… Ask learners to brainstorm on www.wordle.com all the words that come Full Article…
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Raspberry Pi
Very excited to be the owner of a Raspberry Pi – a truly wondrous device with huge potential in the classroom. I was rather hoping I could use it in primary schools, but having battled with it for about a week with when it first arrived, I’d probably only use it it with 13-14 yr Full Article…
Interactive Whiteboards
Nic and I are sitting here trying to write an article on interactive whiteboards for a project called Learn 2 Teach. As we are researching it, I thought I might add some links to the sites we have been looking at. We have found a good beginners’ site “Top tips for choosing and using your Full Article…
Teacher Safety Online
One of the questions we get asked most by teachers is regarding internet safety and using social media responsibly. Of course, no teacher wants students to see pictures of him the worse for wear after a night down the pub (#awkward), swanning around on Tenerife in a mankini (we’re not judging) or Morris Dancing (now we Full Article…
Death to VLE!
Regular visitors to the Taccle2 website will know my personal opinions about VLE or LCMS or whatever the catch all generic name currently is for those behemoths they call “learning platforms” (such as Blackboard, Moodle and so on). I have ranted on several occasions about their shortcomings – in particular they way in which they Full Article…
More efficient searching using 3 x 3 Links
Dan Roberts shared the way he uses 3x3Links – a handy online tool that allows you to set up your own shareable internet start page containing whatever websites you choose. All you need is a Google account to automatically sign in. One of the tricky things about asking students to research topics on the internet is that many Full Article…
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