Overview Collaborative history lesson for students learning English using Prezi as presentation tool. Description As a warming up activity the students are invited to turn on their smartphones and launch Kahoot to do a short quiz on the main inventions and inventors of the industrial revolution. Then the teacher presents the Prezi template that he has Full Article…
Augmented Reality Apps
Follow the link below for a great list of the best augmented reality apps available. We’ve already waxed lyrical about Aurasma but here you’ll find quite a few more that could inspire and amuse! Enjoy! http://emrefirat.edublogs.org/2014/07/26/augmentedreality/
Solar Roadways
Aled, one of my teacher friends who reviewed the STEM book, pointed out that the ‘E’ bit (for Engineering) was a bit under represented on the website and in the book. (Aled trained as an engineer and now teaches Design and Technology which was why he felt aggrieved). By way of reassurance to Aled and Full Article…
Interviews from Lisbon Training Course
In preparation of out TACCLE2 in-service training course, we did a test run in Lisbon in March 2014. Below you can get to know some of the participants and hear about their experience.
Infographics
With an Infographic, data can be visually represented in an attractive way. An Infographic tells more about the data than lots of numbers would do. Just one look at the infographic should be sufficient to have an impression of what the data means and what’s going on actually. That’s why infographics are gaining in popularity Full Article…
Maths: angles and Keynote
I was looking for a useful subject to introduce the iPads in our Maths lesson. So I chose “angles”. The pupils got a worksheet for each team of 3 to 4 pupils. I got pupils together in teams that would not have chosen each other! I knew that the iPads would be motivating enough to Full Article…