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Scary sentences: Bradford primary schools’ Yr6 tweets

Hot off the press … look at twitter feed @DeputyMitchell and follow the tweets by Year 6 pupils. In case the tweets have disappeared by the time you look, here are some amazing examples from pupils at: Clayton CE Primary School, Wibsey Primary School, Miriam Lord Primary School, Swain House Primary School, Green Lane Primary  Full Article…

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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…

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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…

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Rewordify

Ideas for using this in the classroom…. Ask pupils to rewrite a story they are studying for a much younger age  group, using rewordify to help. Use rewordify in English Language lessons. Let the slower readers use rewordify to save them having to use a dictionary Have a competition between groups to simplify a piece  Full Article…

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