Learn to use Technology and use Technology to Learn
John Hattie is a Professor of Education from New Zealand and a key proponent of evidence-based teaching. Evidence-based teaching is to teach using only…
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Around the world many initiatives are followed in education that have not been carefully scrutinised much less held accountable to empirical evidence. This first…
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Mindset refers to the assumptions and expectations we have for ourselves and others, which determine our commitment to any given task. Dr Carol Dweck,…
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One of the key jobs of our digital leaders last term was to help design and create a makerspace room, which I’m pleased to…
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I have discussed previously about the advantages of using Swivl technology for teachers to film themselves teaching. Having now tried a 360-degree camera in…
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At our school we use BrainPOP with our teachers and students. The site has a library of hundreds of videos, which are all searchable…
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In some form or other, education has been around since the beginning of the human species. This is because education, the process of facilitating…
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Over the last several weeks, our digital leaders and I have been working together to plan for and create a makerspace in school. We…
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Much of the content on this blog, Technology for Learners, is about innovation. I see ever more clearly that leadership and innovation go hand…
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STEAM is both an acronym and an educational approach. As an acronym, STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. As an educational approach,…
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